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Research Project: Understanding Ecological, Hydrological, and Erosion Processes in the Semiarid Southwest to Improve Watershed Management

Location: Southwest Watershed Research Center

Title: Ecohydrology of forest disturbance

Author
item Biederman, Joel
item GOEKING, SARA - Us Forest Service (FS)
item STEVENS-RUMANN, C. - Colorado State University
item SMITH, W.K. - University Of Arizona
item BART, R.B. - University Of California

Submitted to: Book Chapter
Publication Type: Book / Chapter
Publication Acceptance Date: 10/1/2025
Publication Date: 7/30/2026
Citation: Biederman, J.A., Goeking, S.A., Stevens-Rumann, C., Smith, W., Bart, R. 2026. Ecohydrology of forest disturbance. In: Wilcox, B.P., Asbjornsen, H., Creed, I.F., Wang, L., Smettern, K.R., editors. Routledge Handbook of Terrestrial Ecohydrology. 1st edition. London, England. Routledge. p. 139-151. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003383918.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003383918

Interpretive Summary: This chapter explores how forest change impacts the water cycle. We present an introduction to the scope of forest changes past, present and future, a primer on how forest changes affect hydrology, approaches for measuring hydrologic variables, tools for ecohydrologic assessment including modeling and satellite remote sensing, and recommendations for forest change assessment and planning. This chapter focuses on forest reductions and does not consider afforestation.

Technical Abstract: The abstract is intentionally written for a very general audience and therefore should serve as the Interpretive Summary.