Tamm Review: Reforestation for resilience in dry western US forests

MP North, JT Stevens, DF Greene, M Coppoletta… - Forest Ecology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The increasing frequency and severity of fire and drought events have negatively impacted
the capacity and success of reforestation efforts in many dry, western US forests. Challenges …

Ecohydrological consequences of drought‐and infestation‐triggered tree die‐off: insights and hypotheses

HD Adams, CH Luce, DD Breshears, CD Allen… - …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT Widespread, rapid, drought‐, and infestation‐triggered tree mortality is
emerging as a phenomenon affecting forests globally and may be linked to increasing …

Climate change impacts on fire regimes and key ecosystem services in Rocky Mountain forests

ME Rocca, PM Brown, LH MacDonald… - Forest Ecology and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Forests and woodlands in the central Rocky Mountains span broad gradients in climate,
elevation, and other environmental conditions, and therefore encompass a great diversity of …

Forests and floods: A new paradigm sheds light on age‐old controversies

Y Alila, PK Kuraś, M Schnorbus… - Water Resources …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The science of forests and floods is embroiled in conflict and is in urgent need of
reevaluation in light of changing climates, insect epidemics, logging, and deforestation …

Long-term hydrological response to forest harvest during seasonal low flow: Potential implications for current forest practices

AA Coble, H Barnard, E Du, S Johnson, J Jones… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Seasonal changes in the magnitude and duration of streamflow can have important
implications for aquatic species, drinking water supplies, and water quality. In many regions …

Modeling forest management effects on water and sediment yield from nested, paired watersheds in the interior Pacific Northwest, USA using WEPP

A Srivastava, ES Brooks, M Dobre, WJ Elliot… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP) model was applied to seven paired,
nested watersheds within the Mica Creek Experimental Watershed located in northern …

Assessment of wildland fire impacts on watershed annual water yield: Analytical framework and case studies in the United States

DW Hallema, G Sun, PV Caldwell, SP Norman… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
More than 50% of water supplies in the conterminous United States originate on forestland
or rangeland and are potentially under increasing stress as a result of larger and more …

[PDF][PDF] Assessment and valuation of forest ecosystem services: state of the science review

S Binder, RG Haight, S Polasky, T Warzniack… - 2017 - academia.edu
This review focuses on the assessment and economic valuation of ecosystem services from
forest ecosystems—that is, our ability to predict changes in the quantity and value of …

A paradigm shift in understanding and quantifying the effects of forest harvesting on floods in snow environments

KC Green, Y Alila - Water Resources Research, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
A well‐established precept in forest hydrology is that any reduction of forest cover will
always have a progressively smaller effect on floods with increasing return period. The …

Forest harvesting effects on the magnitude and frequency of peak flows can increase with return period

PK Kuraś, Y Alila, M Weiler - Water Resources Research, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Paired watershed studies have limited researchers wishing to disentangle road and
harvesting effects on peak flows or to study management schemes other than the existing …