A5041536845- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- Forest ecology and management
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Tree-ring climate responses
- Groundwater flow and contamination studies
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Soil and Unsaturated Flow
Nelson Mandela University
2017-2018
In South Africa, the development of a plantation tree industry using fast-growing introduced species was accelerated by limited extent indigenous forests. However, concerns about impacts plantations on country's water resources has initiated forest hydrology research and subsequent regulation since 1972. The forestry industry's continued efforts to sustainably meet fibre timber demands for growing economy have prompted questions whether can provide an additional low water-use form forestry....
In a water-scarce country such as South Africa, timber and fibre production often stands in conflict with catchment water yields. The optimal provision of both is sought. Forest hydrological experiments improve our understanding the soil–plant–atmosphere continuum facilitate development rapid estimation techniques through extrapolation. To quantify characterise influence local environmental conditions on single-tree use, whole-tree daily sap flow for three indigenous afrotemperate tree...