Demands for water services from forested watersheds have dramatically increased since the
1950s and the trend continues as global environmental change intensifies in the 21st …

Forests play an important role in the water cycle and in the control of soil erosion. The
canopy, as the first active surface of the forest, directly affects soil erosion by redistributing …

Understanding the interaction between the hydrological cycle and vegetation management
strategies, such as thinning, is essential to improve watershed management and support …

Interception loss is a crucial part of the hydrological cycle and can influence the water and
energy balance between the soil surface and atmosphere. Fire alters forest structure and …

The factors influencing the interception process such as the vegetation structure and the
meteorological conditions, especially rainfall characteristics, are diverse and highly variable …

The páramo ecosystem provides most of the water for the tropical Andean highlands in
South America. Although the comprehension of this environment has increased lately, there …

Forest litter plays an important role in the hydrological process of an ecosystem, but the
mechanism of interception is not well understood and has not been fully evaluated. We …

Enriched planting of native tree species in monoculture plantation forests is a commonly
recommended forest practice. However, its effect on various ecological processes is …

Some interception (IC) models assume proportionality between the IC and rainfall amount
during heavy rainfall, while others do not. Although differences in the assumptions of the IC …

Land use composition and patterns influence the hydrological response in mountainous and
forest catchments. In plantation forest, management operations (FMO) modify the spatial and …