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Future directions in forest hydrology
| Authors: | T.M. Williams, Devendra M. Amatya, L. Bren, Ge Sun, C. deJong, J.E. Nettles |
| Year: | 2025 |
| Type: | Book Chapter |
| Station: | Southern Research Station |
| Source: | In: Forest Hydrology: Processes, Management, and Applications, Amatya, Williams, Bren, and de Jong (Editors), CABI Publishers, UK |
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Abstract
Forest hydrology is a separate and unique branch of hydrology due to the special conditions caused by trees, and the understorey beneath them, comprising a forest. Understanding the forest, with trees that can grow over 100 m tall, may have crowns up to 20-30 m in diameter with roots 5-10 m deep and spread as widely as the crowns, and have lifespans from 50 to 5000 years, presents unique challenges to science.