Forest Hydrology: Processes, Assessment and Management

Dear Colleagues,

Vegetation strongly influences hydrology both on the slope and on the catchment area. Hydrological processes represent a key point for the hydrological response of small mountain catchment areas. The multifunctionality of the forest also lies in the possibility of offering services such as flood peak mitigation and mitigation of surface erosion. The study of the interactions between the different eco-hydrological components (the interactions among vegetation, the land surface, the vadose zone, and the groundwater) is fundamental to understand how they will respond under different forest management and under a changing climate. Therefore, evaluation, quantification, modeling, and experimental data are all fundamental elements for a more conscious forest management. 

This Special Issue aims to collect the latest developments and applications of both basic and applied research in forest hydrology and forest management, with particular attention to protection forests. Research can focus, though not exclusively, on hydraulic connectivity, subsurface drainage, surface erosion, and rainfall-induced shallow landslides, isotopic traces, stem-fall and through-fall processes, inflow–outflow water balance, and hydrological response of different forms of forest management and land use.

Dr. Filippo Giadrossich
Dr. Massimiliano Schwarz
Dr. Simone Di Prima
Guest Editors

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