Research Progress on Watershed Ecohydrological Processes

Dear Colleagues,

Watershed ecological hydrology, a new interdisciplinary subject gradually developed after the 1980s, is an interdisciplinary science for exploring the interaction between plants and hydrological process, and for explaining ecological patterns as well as the hydrological mechanism of ecological process. The purpose of ecohydrological research is to deepen the understanding of ecological and hydrological processes and to provide a theoretical basis for restoring and renovating a harmonious ecohydrological environment. Specifically, exploring the interaction between ice and snow frozen soil precipitation/groundwater ecological environment has been raised concerns globally. A deep understanding of the correlation between watershed ecosystem and hydrological process and designing an integrated ecological restoration technology system needs to be further addressed in the field of watershed management and development.

Thus, this Special Issue aims to disclose novel basis, feasible approaches, and innovative perspectives on hydrology as well as watershed eco-hydrology, to reveal the role and significance of different landscape zones in the hydrological process and in maintaining the ecological environment, to promote the effective control and regulation of the ecological hydrological process and function, to provide the scientific basis for handling the ecological water demand, vegetation restoration, and ecological environment construction issues, and to propose reliable measures and reference for other issues, such as watershed water resources evaluation and management and water consumption efficiency, and finally to realize the sustainable utilization of watershed water resources.

This issue seeks to utilize novel approaches and innovative perspectives to deal with hydrology as well as watershed ecohydrology issues, but not limited to those above. Other hydrology and watershed-related contents are also desired. 

Prof. Dr. Pingping Luo
Prof. Dr. Lu Gao
Dr. Haijun Deng
Dr. Bin Guo
Dr. Maochuan Hu
Dr. Yuzhu Zhang
Guest Editors

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