Woody plant encroachment has profound impacts on the sustainable management of water
resources in water-limited ecosystems. However, our understanding of the effects of this …

Tropical river basins have experienced dramatically increased hydropower development
over the last 20 years. These alterations have the potential to cause changes in hydrologic …

Climate variability and human activities are the two major driving forces of changes in the
hydrological cycle. However, how these two factors separately influence the water cycle in …

Abstract Study region The Yellow River Basin in China. Study focus The discharge in the
lowlands of a watershed is susceptible to the variations in its high-altitude headwaters in …

Anthropogenic changes to the Great Plains rivers of North America have had a large,
negative effect on a reproductive guild of pelagic‐broadcast spawning (PBS) cyprinid fishes …

General circulation models (GCMs) have been widely used to simulate current and future
climate at the global scale. However, the development of frameworks to apply GCMs to …

The composition and change of runoff are closely related to climate change and human
activities. To design effective watershed water resources management measures, there is a …

Irrigation water demand (IWD) is increasing worldwide, including in regions such as
Germany that are characterized with low precipitation levels, yet grow water-demanding …

Conversion of grassland to cropland has been linked to many complex environmental
challenges in natural resource systems. South Dakota is a mosaic of grasslands, wetlands …

Study region Tributaries of the Yellow River, Upper Fen River Basin, China. Study focus The
current research analyzed the streamflow changes resulting from interactions between …