Forest Hydrology: Processes, Assessment and Management
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Hydrology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 20052
Special Issue Editors
Interests: forest hydrology; root reinforcement; shallow landslide; hydrological processes; forest engineering; forestry
Interests: quantitative soil bioengineering; protection forest management; natural hazards; root reinforcement; shallow landslides; soil erosion; forest hydrology
Interests: soil hydrology
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Dear Colleagues,
Vegetation strongly influences hydrology both on the slope and on the catchment area. Hydrological processes represent a key point for the hydrological response of small mountain catchment areas. The multifunctionality of the forest also lies in the possibility of offering services such as flood peak mitigation and mitigation of surface erosion. The study of the interactions between the different eco-hydrological components (the interactions among vegetation, the land surface, the vadose zone, and the groundwater) is fundamental to understand how they will respond under different forest management and under a changing climate. Therefore, evaluation, quantification, modeling, and experimental data are all fundamental elements for a more conscious forest management.
This Special Issue aims to collect the latest developments and applications of both basic and applied research in forest hydrology and forest management, with particular attention to protection forests. Research can focus, though not exclusively, on hydraulic connectivity, subsurface drainage, surface erosion, and rainfall-induced shallow landslides, isotopic traces, stem-fall and through-fall processes, inflow–outflow water balance, and hydrological response of different forms of forest management and land use.
Dr. Filippo Giadrossich
Dr. Massimiliano Schwarz
Dr. Simone Di Prima
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Eco-hydrology
- Preferential subsurface flow
- Dual porosity
- Tracers
- Land use changes
- Catchment hydrology
- Runoff processes
- Sustainable forestry systems
- Protection forest management
- Soil erosion and shallow landslides
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