Response of water yield to silvicultural treatments in a temperate forest in northern Mexico.

ABSTRACT: Forest management modifies tree cover, directly influencing various ecosystem services, such as water regulation. Evapotranspiration, water interception, surface runoff, stemflow, and throughfall are among those processes that depend on tree cover. The objective of this study was to evaluate the changes in water yield, defined as the difference between precipitation and evapotranspiration, after the application of silvicultural treatments in a temperate forest ecosystem in northern Mexico. Fifteen experimental plots were established in which the following treatments were applied: intensive management (clearcutting), semi-intensive management (selection, tree cutting of 59-61% of basal area), conservative management (selection, tree cutting of 29-31% of basal area), and no treatment (contro

SUBMITTER: Monarrez Gonzalez JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10723689 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature