A Field-Based Experiment on the Influence of Stand Density Reduction on Watershed Processes at the Caspar Creek Experimental Watersheds in Northern California

Frontiers in Forests and Global Change

Peter H. Cafferata¹  Christopher G. Surfleet²  Joseph W. Wagenbrenner³  Lynn A. Webb⁴  Helen E. Dahlke⁵  Peter R. Ode⁶  Patrick K. Brand⁶  Salli F. Dymond⁷  Ivan Arismendi⁸  Kevin D. Bladon⁹  David L. Longstreth^1,10  Paul W. Richardson^1,11  Elizabeth T. Keppeler^1,12 

[1] Management, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States;0California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Office of Spill Prevention and Response, Aquatic Bioassessment Laboratory, Rancho Cordova, CA, United States;;1Department of Natural Resources Management &California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Fort Bragg, CA, United States;California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Sacramento, CA, United States;California Geological Survey, Santa Rosa, CA, United States;Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN, United States;Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States;;Department of Forest Engineering, Resources &Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States;Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Arcata, CA, United States;Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Fort Bragg, CA, United States;

关键词: forest hydrology;    timber harvest;    ecohydrology;    forest management;    catchment;   

DOI  :  10.3389/ffgc.2021.691732

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Forests are integral to sustaining clean water resources and healthy watersheds. It is critical, therefore, that managers fully understand the potential impacts of their actions on myriad ecosystem services provided by forested watersheds. While forest hydrologists have long used paired-watershed experiments to elucidate the complex interactions between forest management and watershed biogeochemical and ecohydrological processes, there is still much to learn from these studies. Here, we present an overview of the process for designing a paired-watershed study using a large harvesting experiment at the Caspar Creek Experimental Watersheds in coastal California as an example. We detail many considerations when designing such an experiment and highlight the wide range of scientific investigations that are part of the larger experiment. Paired watershed studies are a great example of community engaged scholarship and offer the unique opportunity to work with land managers to solve applied problems while simultaneously discovering new fundamental knowledge about how watersheds function.

【 授权许可】

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