Hydrological effects of forest transpiration loss in bark beetle-impacted watersheds

Lindsay A. Bearup (), Reed M. Maxwell (), David W. Clow and John E. McCray
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Lindsay A. Bearup: Hydrological Science and Engineering Program, Colorado School of Mines
Reed M. Maxwell: Hydrological Science and Engineering Program, Colorado School of Mines
David W. Clow: Colorado Water Science Center, US Geological Survey
John E. McCray: Hydrological Science and Engineering Program, Colorado School of Mines

Nature Climate Change, 2014, vol. 4, issue 6, 481-486

Abstract: The forests of the Rocky Mountains of North America are suffering the effects of a climate-exacerbated bark-beetle epidemic. This study shows that the transpiration loss due to widespread tree death is affecting stream flow-generating processes at watershed scale, with potential implications for water quality.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2198

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