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A Field-Based Experiment on the Influence of Stand Density Reduction on Watershed Processes at the Caspar Creek Experimental Watersheds in Northern California
- Source :
- Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, Vol 4 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Frontiers Media SA, 2021.
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Abstract
- Forests are integral to sustaining clean water resources and healthy watersheds. It is critical, therefore, that managers fully understand the potential impacts of their actions on myriad ecosystem services provided by forested watersheds. While forest hydrologists have long used paired-watershed experiments to elucidate the complex interactions between forest management and watershed biogeochemical and ecohydrological processes, there is still much to learn from these studies. Here, we present an overview of the process for designing a paired-watershed study using a large harvesting experiment at the Caspar Creek Experimental Watersheds in coastal California as an example. We detail many considerations when designing such an experiment and highlight the wide range of scientific investigations that are part of the larger experiment. Paired watershed studies are a great example of community engaged scholarship and offer the unique opportunity to work with land managers to solve applied problems while simultaneously discovering new fundamental knowledge about how watersheds function.
- Subjects :
- forest hydrology
Watershed
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Life on Land
Process (engineering)
0208 environmental biotechnology
Forest management
forest management
Drainage basin
02 engineering and technology
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
01 natural sciences
ecohydrology
Ecosystem services
Ecohydrology
GE1-350
catchment
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Nature and Landscape Conservation
Global and Planetary Change
geography
geography.geographical_feature_category
Ecology
business.industry
Environmental resource management
Forestry
timber harvest
SD1-669.5
020801 environmental engineering
Environmental sciences
Work (electrical)
Environmental science
business
Engaged scholarship
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 2624893X
- Volume :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....3e66da98b38018de651f4dba1e02af15