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4 Citations
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Appraisal of Environmental Health and Ecohydrology of Free-Flowing Aghanashini River, Karnataka, India

  • T. V. Ramachandra,
  • Vinay Shivamurthy,
  • Asulabha K. Subramanian,
  • Sincy Varghese,
  • Bharath Setturu and
  • Bharath H. Aithal

20 March 2022

Rivers are vital freshwater resources that cater to the needs of society. The burgeoning population and the consequent land-use changes have altered the hydrologic regime with biophysical and chemical integrity changes. This necessitates understandin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,739 Views
24 Pages

15 April 2022

Drought is the most widespread climatic extreme that has negative impacts on ecohydrology. Studies have shown that drought can cause certain degrees of disturbances to different ecohydrological variables, but the duration and severity thresholds of d...

  • Review
  • Open Access
75 Citations
14,177 Views
25 Pages

7 May 2022

Basin ecohydrological processes are essential for informing policymaking and social development in response to growing environmental problems. In this paper, we review watershed ecohydrology, focusing on the interaction between watershed ecological a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,535 Views
21 Pages

Comparison of Ecohydrological and Climatological Zoning of the Cities: Case Study of the City of Pilsen

  • Jan Kopp,
  • Jindřich Frajer,
  • Marie Novotná,
  • Jiří Preis and
  • Martin Dolejš

Standardized delimiting of local climate zones (LCZ) will be better applicable to the urban adaptation to climate change when the ecohydrological properties of LCZ units are known. Therefore, the properties of LCZ units based on the methodology of ec...

  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,356 Views
26 Pages

22 October 2020

Contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) present a threat to the functioning of freshwater ecosystems. Their spread in the environment can affect both plant and animal health. Ecohydrology serves as a solution for assessment approaches (i.e., threat i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,972 Views
14 Pages

1 June 2019

The rational allocation of ecological and economic water is a topic of high interest for water resource sciences. Taking into consideration the difficulties to maintain the basic ecologic functions of rivers, we propose a calculation model for compen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,918 Views
16 Pages

Drought Monitoring over West Africa Based on an Ecohydrological Simulation (2003–2018)

  • Hiroyuki Tsutsui,
  • Yohei Sawada,
  • Katsuhiro Onuma,
  • Hiroyuki Ito and
  • Toshio Koike

14 October 2021

In Africa, droughts are causing significant damage to human health and the economy. In West Africa, a severe decline in food production due to agricultural droughts has been reported in recent years. In this study, we simulated ecohydrological variab...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,315 Views
17 Pages

Effects of Close-to-Nature Transformation of Plantations on Eco-Hydrological Function in Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park

  • Aohua Yang,
  • Guijing Li,
  • Wencheng Peng,
  • Long Wan,
  • Xiqiang Song,
  • Yuguo Liu and
  • Shouqian Nong

21 December 2024

Girdling is a crucial technique for promoting the close-to-nature transformation of plantation forests in Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park (HNNP). It has shown effectiveness in aspects such as community structure and biodiversity restoration....

  • Review
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,184 Views
19 Pages

Ecohydrological Separation Hypothesis: Review and Prospect

  • Yaping Liu,
  • Yongchen Fang,
  • Hongchang Hu,
  • Fuqiang Tian,
  • Zhiqiang Dong and
  • Mohd Yawar Ali Khan

22 July 2020

The ecohydrological-separation (ES) hypothesis is that the water used for plant transpiration and the water used for streams and groundwater recharge comes from distinct subsurface compartmentalized pools. The ES hypothesis was first proposed in a st...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
7,163 Views
20 Pages

29 July 2016

The effect of fine-scale topographic variability on model estimates of ecohydrologic responses to climate variability in California’s Sierra Nevada watersheds has not been adequately quantified and may be important for supporting reliable climate-imp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,962 Views
14 Pages

5 September 2023

An ecohydrological assessment of lotic ecosystems would provide insights into understanding the symbiotic interactions of hydrological and ecological processes for sustainable catchment management to ensure water security and achieve sustainable deve...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,045 Views
25 Pages

22 August 2023

Quantifying the impacts of climate change on evapotranspiration (ET) and gross primary production (GPP) in the Dongting Lake Basin is essential for assessing water scarcity and implementing sustainable development strategies. Premised on actual measu...

  • Editorial
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,178 Views
4 Pages

Advances in Ecohydrology for Water Resources Optimization in Arid and Semi-Arid Areas

  • Mirko Castellini,
  • Simone Di Prima,
  • Ryan Stewart,
  • Marcella Biddoccu,
  • Mehdi Rahmati and
  • Vincenzo Alagna

7 June 2022

Conserving water resources is a current challenge that will become increasingly urgent in future due to climate change. The arid and semi-arid areas of the globe are expected to be particularly affected by changes in water availability. Consequently,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
941 Views
23 Pages

10 November 2025

The middle reaches of the Yangtze River are a crucial breeding habitat for four major Chinese carps. The ecohydrological characteristics of their spawning grounds are crucial factors influencing spawning for these species: black carp (Mylopharyngodon...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,595 Views
16 Pages

Possible Scenarios for a Micro-Watershed Based on Level of Urbanization: Using Flood Design to Advance Ecohydrological Principles

  • David Campos-Delgado,
  • Carlos Renato Ramos-Palacios,
  • Alicia Anahí Cisneros-Vidales and
  • Marcos Algara-Siller

15 February 2023

Traditional urban schemes that incorporate extended impervious areas can increase surface run-off. Therefore, urban growth that considers eco-hydrological principles can foster sustainability in cities. This work projected three possible urban develo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,694 Views
17 Pages

Ecohydrological Variation and Multi-Objective Ecological Water Demand of the Irtysh River Basin

  • Dan Wang,
  • Shuanghu Zhang,
  • Guoli Wang,
  • Jingjing Gu,
  • Hao Wang and
  • Xiaoting Chen

15 September 2022

Hydrological processes regulate the ecological processes of a basin. Climate change and anthropological activities lead to changes in the natural hydrological process of rivers, whereas variations in hydrological processes can disrupt the stability o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,801 Views
22 Pages

18 July 2022

Ecohydrological models vary in their sensitivity to forcing data and use available information to different extents. We focus on the impact of forcing precision on ecohydrological model behavior particularly by quantizing, or binning, time-series for...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,415 Views
23 Pages

10 October 2021

During ecological restoration, it is necessary to comprehensively consider the state of vegetation in climate–soil–vegetation systems. The theory of ecohydrological optimality assumes that this state tends to reach long-term dynamic equilibrium betwe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,405 Views
23 Pages

23 May 2025

Nepal is known for its complex terrain, climate, and vegetation dynamics, resulting in tremendous hydrologic variability and complexity. Accurately quantifying the water balances at the national level in Nepal is extremely challenging and is currentl...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1,372 Views
8 Pages

Ecohydrological Analysis in Watersheds of Mountain Areas of São Paulo State Coastal, Brazil

  • Saulo Folharini,
  • António Vieira and
  • Regina Célia de Oliveira

16 December 2022

In the Brazilian state of São Paulo, the coastal municipalities have watersheds in mountains with active relief evolution (Serra do Mar). The coastal regions are more vulnerable to flooding and landslides. A large number of people live on the...

  • Review
  • Open Access
645 Views
30 Pages

30 January 2026

Climate change is steadily reshaping hydrological regimes, and one of its clearest consequences is the growing disruption of the biogeochemical pathways that govern water quality across river basins. More frequent high-intensity rainfall events, prol...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
5,435 Views
19 Pages

Ecohydrologic Connections in Semiarid Watershed Systems of Central Oregon USA

  • Carlos G. Ochoa,
  • Phil Caruso,
  • Grace Ray,
  • Tim Deboodt,
  • W. Todd Jarvis and
  • Steven J. Guldan

9 February 2018

An improved understanding of ecohydrologic connections is critical for improving land management decisions in water-scarce regions of the western United States. For this study, conducted in a semiarid (358 mm) rangeland location in central Oregon, we...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,694 Views
11 Pages

Remote Sensing Greenness and Urbanization in Ecohydrological Model Analysis: Asia and Australasia (1982–2015)

  • Danlu Cai,
  • Klaus Fraedrich,
  • Yanning Guan,
  • Shan Guo,
  • Chunyan Zhang,
  • Rui Sun and
  • Zhixiang Wu

29 October 2019

Linking remote sensing information and ecohydrological models to improve understanding of terrestrial biosphere responses to climate and land use change has become the subject of increased interest due to the impacts of current global changes and the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
89 Citations
10,304 Views
21 Pages

25 December 2015

The Heihe River is the second largest inland basin in China; runoff in the upper reach greatly affects the socio-economic development in the downstream area. The relationship between spatial vegetation patterns and catchment hydrological processes in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,660 Views
17 Pages

19 June 2019

Soil moisture is a central theme in eco-hydrology. Topography, soil characteristics, and vegetation types are significant factors impacting soil moisture dynamics. However, water loss (evapotranspiration and leakage) and its factors of the self-organ...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,131 Views
17 Pages

10 October 2024

This study aimed to evaluate the ecohydrological regime and ecological water demand of the Huangshui River Basin under changing environmental conditions, seeking to safeguard its ecosystem. Based on monthly data spanning from 1956 to 2016, the ecohyd...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,018 Views
16 Pages

29 September 2022

Stormwater management is of great importance in large shrinking cities with aging and outdated infrastructure. Maintenance of vegetated areas, particularly referred to as green infrastructure, is often aimed at mitigating flooding and the urban heat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,002 Views
19 Pages

Assessment of Remotely Sensed Near-Surface Soil Moisture for Distributed Eco-Hydrological Model Implementation

  • Carlos Echeverría,
  • Guiomar Ruiz-Pérez,
  • Cristina Puertes,
  • Luis Samaniego,
  • Brian Barrett and
  • Félix Francés

11 December 2019

The aim of this study was to implement an eco-hydrological distributed model using only remotely sensed information (soil moisture and leaf area index) during the calibration phase. Four soil moisture-based metrics were assessed, and the best alterna...

  • Article
  • Open Access
40 Citations
7,145 Views
20 Pages

14 October 2014

The eco-hydrological wireless sensor network (EHWSN) in the middle reaches of the Heihe River Basin in China is designed to capture the spatial and temporal variability and to estimate the ground truth for validating the remote sensing productions. H...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
8,036 Views
20 Pages

11 November 2015

Many soil and water conservation (SWC) measures have been applied in the Jinghe River Basin to decrease soil erosion and restore degraded vegetation cover. Analysis of historical streamflow records suggests that SWC measures may have led to declines...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
7,727 Views
20 Pages

21 May 2013

Accurate assessments of spatio-temporal variations in gross primary productivity (GPP), evapotranspiration (ET), and water use efficiency (WUE) play a crucial role in the evaluation of carbon and water balance as well as have considerable effects on...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,497 Views
30 Pages

30 September 2022

Climate change is impacting Mediterranean basins, bringing warmer climate conditions. The Marganai forest is a natural forest protected under the European Site of Community Importance (Natura 2000), located in Sardinia, an island in the western Medit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,837 Views
20 Pages

14 April 2021

Soil salinization is one of the most serious issues of land degradation, especially in inland drylands, such as the Kashgar region in the Xinjiang province, western China. The investigation of the spatiotemporal variations of soil salinization and it...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,873 Views
19 Pages

26 September 2024

The cycle of carbon and water in ecosystems is likely to be significantly impacted by future climate change, especially in semiarid regions. While a considerable number of investigations have scrutinized the repercussions of impending climatic transf...

  • Review
  • Open Access
20 Citations
5,380 Views
44 Pages

8 November 2018

Pinyon (Pinus spp.) and juniper (Juniperus spp.) woodlands are an important vegetation type in the Great Basin, Colorado Plateau, and southwestern desert regions of the western US that is undergoing substantial changes associated with land management...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,509 Views
16 Pages

Does Ecological Water Replenishment Help Prevent a Large Wetland from Further Deterioration? Results from the Zhalong Nature Reserve, China

  • Liwen Chen,
  • Sixin Liu,
  • Yanfeng Wu,
  • Y. Jun Xu,
  • Shengbo Chen,
  • Shiliang Pang,
  • Zongting Gao and
  • Guangxin Zhang

20 October 2020

Ecological water replenishment (EWR) has been increasingly applied to the restoration and maintenance of wetland hydrological conditions across China since the beginning of the 21st century. However, little is known about whether EWR projects help pr...

  • Review
  • Open Access
17 Citations
6,276 Views
22 Pages

The Regional Hydro-Ecological Simulation System for 30 Years: A Systematic Review

  • Benxin Chen,
  • Zhifeng Liu,
  • Chunyang He,
  • Hui Peng,
  • Pei Xia and
  • Yu Nie

16 October 2020

As the Regional Hydro-Ecological Simulation System (RHESSys) is a tool to simulate the interactions between ecological and hydrological processes, many RHESSys-based studies have been implemented for sustainable watershed management. However, it is c...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
14 Citations
14,807 Views
17 Pages

Revisiting Soil Water Potential: Towards a Better Understanding of Soil and Plant Interactions

  • Yuanyuan Ma,
  • Hu Liu,
  • Yang Yu,
  • Li Guo,
  • Wenzhi Zhao and
  • Omer Yetemen

17 November 2022

Soil water potential (SWP) is vital for controlling the various biological and non-biological processes occurring through and across the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum (SPAC). Although the dynamics and mechanisms of SWP have been investigated for se...

  • Article
  • Open Access
44 Citations
8,632 Views
12 Pages

Information Driven Ecohydrologic Self-Organization

  • Praveen Kumar and
  • Benjamin L. Ruddell

29 September 2010

Variability plays an important role in the self-organized interaction between vegetation and its environment, yet the principles that characterize the role of the variability in these interactions remain elusive. To address this problem, we study the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
8,309 Views
21 Pages

Water Loss Due to Increasing Planted Vegetation over the Badain Jaran Desert, China

  • Xunhe Zhang,
  • Nai’ang Wang,
  • Zunyi Xie,
  • Xuanlong Ma and
  • Alfredo Huete

18 January 2018

Water resources play a vital role in ecosystem stability, human survival, and social development in drylands. Human activities, such as afforestation and irrigation, have had a large impact on the water cycle and vegetation in drylands over recent ye...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,503 Views
12 Pages

30 April 2021

Fire risk can be defined as the probability that a fire will spread across a landscape, that therefore determines the likely area burnt by a wildfire. Reliable monitoring of fire risk is essential for effective landscape management. Compilation of fi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,396 Views
12 Pages

Bark Morphology and Nutrient Flux in Urban Trees: Investigating Water Absorption and Ion Concentration Dynamics

  • Marcelle Teodoro Lima,
  • Manuel Enrique Gamero Guandique and
  • Kelly Cristina Tonello

Urban trees play a pivotal role in mediating the hydrological and nutrient cycles within urban ecosystems, yet the mechanisms by which bark characteristics influence these processes remain underexplored. This study aimed to investigate the impact of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
6,869 Views
13 Pages

25 August 2014

Variants of the Budkyo hydrological model describe the effects of land use change on annual water yield. A recent modification using a simple process-based ecohydrological model provides insight into the partitioning of rainfall between runoff and ev...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
8,076 Views
20 Pages

12 February 2019

Ecohydrological changes in large rivers of the world result from a long history of human dimensions and climate. The increasing human population, intensified land use, and climate change have led to a decline in the most critical aspect of achieving...

  • Editorial
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,807 Views
3 Pages

Managing Forests and Water for People under a Changing Environment

  • Ge Sun,
  • Kevin Bishop,
  • Silvio Ferraz and
  • Julia Jones

17 March 2020

The Earth has entered the Anthropocene epoch and forest managers are facing unprecedented challenges to meet multiple ecosystem service demands from forests. Understanding the complex forest-water relations under a changing environment must add a hum...

  • Editorial
  • Open Access
221 Views
7 Pages

8 March 2026

Global anthropogenic activities and conjoint climate extremes are fundamentally disrupting closely coupled hydroecological systems, altering catchment-scale water balances, biogeochemical fluxes, and the resilience of ecosystem services [...]

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
4,467 Views
24 Pages

17 March 2022

The eastern margin of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is an extreme topography transition zone, and characterized by significant vegetation zonation, in addition to geographic features (such as enormous topographic relief and active tectonics) that control...

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