Forests and Water Yield: A Synthesis of Disturbance Effects on Streamflow and Snowpack in Western Coniferous Forests

Global analysis of streamflow response to forest management

(2019) Jaivime Evaristo et al.   NATURE

In ecoregions across western USA streamflow increases during post-wildfire recovery

(2018) Michael L Wine et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Evaluating the functionality and streamflow impacts of explicitly modelling forest-snow interactions and canopy gaps in a distributed hydrologic model

(2018) Ning Sun et al.   HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES

Spatial and temporal evapotranspiration trends after wildfire in semi-arid landscapes

(2018) Patrick K. Poon et al.   JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY

The cumulative effects of forest disturbance and climate variability on streamflow components in a large forest-dominated watershed

(2018) Qiang Li et al.   JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY

Snow Sublimation in Mountain Environments and Its Sensitivity to Forest Disturbance and Climate Warming

(2018) Graham A. Sexstone et al.   WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

Improved Prediction of Stream Flow Based on Updating Land Cover Maps with Remotely Sensed Forest Change Detection

(2018) Alexander Hernandez et al.   Forests

Wildfire and topography impacts on snow accumulation and retention in montane forests

(2018) Jordan D. Maxwell et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Key landscape and biotic indicators of watersheds sensitivity to forest disturbance identified using remote sensing and historical hydrography data

(2017) Brian Buma et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Measurements and simulations using the 3-PG model of the water balance and water use efficiency of a lodgepole pine stand following mountain pine beetle attack

(2017) Gesa Meyer et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Snow disappearance timing is dominated by forest effects on snow accumulation in warm winter climates of the Pacific Northwest, United States

(2017) Susan E. Dickerson-Lange et al.   HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES

Regional patterns of postwildfire streamflow response in the Western United States: The importance of scale-specific connectivity

(2017) Dennis W. Hallema et al.   HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES

Forest thinning impacts on the water balance of Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer headwater basins

(2017) P. C. Saksa et al.   WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

Regional sensitivities of seasonal snowpack to elevation, aspect, and vegetation cover in western North America

(2017) Christopher J. Tennant et al.   WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

Large near-term projected snowpack loss over the western United States

(2017) John C. Fyfe et al.   Nature Communications

Tree Mortality Decreases Water Availability and Ecosystem Resilience to Drought in Piñon-Juniper Woodlands in the Southwestern U.S.

(2017) L. Morillas et al.   Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences

A century of changing flows: Forest management changed flow magnitudes and warming advanced the timing of flow in a southwestern US river

(2017) Marcos D. Robles et al.   PLoS One

Summer streamflow deficits from regenerating Douglas-fir forest in the Pacific Northwest, USA

(2016) Timothy D. Perry et al.   Ecohydrology

Assessment of wildland fire impacts on watershed annual water yield: Analytical framework and case studies in the United States

(2016) Dennis W. Hallema et al.   Ecohydrology

Managed Wildfire Effects on Forest Resilience and Water in the Sierra Nevada

(2016) Gabrielle Boisramé et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Recent bark beetle outbreaks have little impact on streamflow in the Western United States

(2016) Kimberly M Slinski et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Hydrologic effects of large southwestern USA wildfires significantly increase regional water supply: fact or fiction?

(2016) M L Wine et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Bark beetle-induced tree mortality alters stand energy budgets due to water budget changes

(2016) David E Reed et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY

Numerical experiments to explain multiscale hydrological responses to mountain pine beetle tree mortality in a headwater watershed

(2016) Colin A. Penn et al.   WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

Effect of Tree-to-Shrub Type Conversion in Lower Montane Forests of the Sierra Nevada (USA) on Streamflow

(2016) Ryan R. Bart et al.   PLoS One

Persistence of MODIS evapotranspiration impacts from mountain pine beetle outbreaks in lodgepole pine forests, south-central Rocky Mountains

(2015) Melanie K. Vanderhoof et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Restoration of degraded transitional (piñon-juniper) woodland sites improves ecohydrologic condition and primes understory resilience to subsequent disturbance

(2015) Brian F. Jacobs   Ecohydrology

Tipping point of a conifer forest ecosystem under severe drought

(2015) Kaicheng Huang et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Evaluating hydrologic effects of spatial and temporal patterns of forest canopy change using numerical modelling

(2015) Enhao Du et al.   HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES

Forest disturbance effects on snow and water yield in interior British Columbia

(2015) Rita Winkler et al.   HYDROLOGY RESEARCH

Catchment response to bark beetle outbreak and dust-on-snow in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

(2015) Ben Livneh et al.   JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY

An Observational and Modeling Study of Impacts of Bark Beetle–Caused Tree Mortality on Surface Energy and Hydrological Cycles

(2015) Fei Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF HYDROMETEOROLOGY

Multi-scale analysis of snow dynamics at the southern margin of the North American continental snow distribution

(2015) Temuulen Sankey et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Recent tree die-off has little effect on streamflow in contrast to expected increases from historical studies

(2015) Joel A. Biederman et al.   WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

Multi-scale predictions of massive conifer mortality due to chronic temperature rise

(2015) N. G. McDowell et al.   Nature Climate Change

Forest disturbance effects on snow and water yield in interior British Columbia

(2015) Rita Winkler et al.   Hydrology Research

Quantifying the effects of vegetation structure on snow accumulation and ablation in mixed-conifer forests

(2014) P. D. Broxton et al.   Ecohydrology

Impact of mountain pine beetle induced mortality on forest carbon and water fluxes

(2014) David E Reed et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Seeing the climate through the trees: observing climate and forestry impacts on streamflow using a 60-year record

(2014) T. P. Burt et al.   HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES

Soil moisture response to snowmelt timing in mixed-conifer subalpine forests

(2014) Adrian A. Harpold et al.   HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES

Effects of Climate Variability and Accelerated Forest Thinning on Watershed-Scale Runoff in Southwestern USA Ponderosa Pine Forests

(2014) Marcos D. Robles et al.   PLoS One

Deriving and validating Leaf Area Index (LAI) at multiple spatial scales through lidar remote sensing: A case study in Sierra National Forest, CA

(2014) Hao Tang et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Increased evaporation following widespread tree mortality limits streamflow response

(2014) J. A. Biederman et al.   WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

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

(2014) Lindsay A. Bearup et al.   Nature Climate Change

Bark beetle infestation impacts on nutrient cycling, water quality and interdependent hydrological effects

(2013) Kristin M. Mikkelson et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Changes in snow accumulation and ablation following the Las Conchas Forest Fire, New Mexico, USA

(2013) Adrian A. Harpold et al.   Ecohydrology

Watering the forest for the trees: an emerging priority for managing water in forest landscapes

(2013) Gordon E Grant et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Charred forests increase snowmelt: Effects of burned woody debris and incoming solar radiation on snow ablation

(2013) Kelly E. Gleason et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Modelling how vegetation cover affects climate change impacts on streamflow timing and magnitude in the snowmelt-dominated upper Tuolumne Basin, Sierra Nevada

(2013) Nicoleta C. Cristea et al.   HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES

The impact of beetle-induced conifer death on stand-scale canopy snow interception

(2013) Evan T. Pugh et al.   HYDROLOGY RESEARCH

Modeling increases in snowmelt yield and desynchronization resulting from forest gap-thinning treatments in a northern mountain headwater basin

(2013) C. R. Ellis et al.   WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

Lower forest density enhances snow retention in regions with warmer winters: A global framework developed from plot-scale observations and modeling

(2013) Jessica D. Lundquist et al.   WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

Effects of bark beetle-caused tree mortality on biogeochemical and biogeophysical MODIS products

(2013) Benjamin C. Bright et al.   Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences

Modelling the effects of the mountain pine beetle on snowmelt in a subalpine forest

(2012) Danielle Perrot et al.   Ecohydrology

Multiscale observations of snow accumulation and peak snowpack following widespread, insect-induced lodgepole pine mortality

(2012) Joel A. Biederman et al.   Ecohydrology

Spatiotemporal patterns of observed bark beetle-caused tree mortality in British Columbia and the western United States

(2012) Arjan J. H. Meddens et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Sensitivity of snowmelt hydrology in Marmot Creek, Alberta, to forest cover disturbance

(2012) John Pomeroy et al.   HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES

Snow accumulation and ablation response to changes in forest structure and snow surface albedo after attack by mountain pine beetle

(2012) Rita Winkler et al.   HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES

A conceptual model of water yield effects from beetle-induced tree death in snow-dominated lodgepole pine forests

(2012) Evan Pugh et al.   HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES

A paradigm shift in understanding and quantifying the effects of forest harvesting on floods in snow environments

(2012) Kim C. Green et al.   WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

Temperature as a potent driver of regional forest drought stress and tree mortality

(2012) A. Park Williams et al.   Nature Climate Change

Consequences of widespread tree mortality triggered by drought and temperature stress

(2012) William R. L. Anderegg et al.   Nature Climate Change

Effects of needleleaf forest cover on radiation and snowmelt dynamics in the Canadian Rocky Mountains

(2011) C. R. Ellis et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

The impact of pine beetle infestation on snow accumulation and melt in the headwaters of the Colorado River

(2011) Evan Pugh et al.   Ecohydrology

Ecohydrological consequences of drought- and infestation- triggered tree die-off: insights and hypotheses

(2011) Henry D. Adams et al.   Ecohydrology

Snow accumulation following forest disturbance

(2011) Sarah Boon   Ecohydrology

Decreased streamflow in semi-arid basins following drought-induced tree die-off: A counter-intuitive and indirect climate impact on hydrology

(2011) M. Guardiola-Claramonte et al.   JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY

The influence of ground- and lidar-derived forest structure metrics on snow accumulation and ablation in disturbed forests

(2010) Andrés Varhola et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Forest fire, bank strength and channel instability: the ‘unusual’ response of Fishtrap Creek, British Columbia

(2010) B.C. Eaton et al.   EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS

Variability of snow water equivalent and snow energetics across a large catchment subject to Mountain Pine Beetle infestation and rapid salvage logging

(2010) Dan Bewley et al.   JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY

Quantifying streamflow change caused by forest disturbance at a large spatial scale: A single watershed study

(2010) Xiaohua Wei et al.   WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

Topographic controls on spatial patterns of conifer transpiration and net primary productivity under climate warming in mountain ecosystems

(2009) C. Tague et al.   Ecohydrology

A global overview of drought and heat-induced tree mortality reveals emerging climate change risks for forests

(2009) Craig D. Allen et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Spatial variation of snowmelt and sublimation in a high-elevation semi-desert basin of western Canada

(2009) Scott I. Jackson et al.   HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES

Snow ablation energy balance in a dead forest stand

(2009) Sarah Boon   HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES

Temperature sensitivity of drought-induced tree mortality portends increased regional die-off under global-change-type drought

(2009) H. D. Adams et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Widespread Increase of Tree Mortality Rates in the Western United States

(2009) P. J. van Mantgem et al.   SCIENCE

Precipitation drives interannual variation in summer soil respiration in a Mediterranean-climate, mixed-conifer forest

(2008) Amy Concilio et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

Hydrological response to timber harvest in northern Idaho: implications for channel scour and persistence of salmonids

(2008) Daniele Tonina et al.   HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES