Surface and Subsurface Water Impacts of Forestry and Grassland Land Use in Paired Watersheds: Electrical Resistivity Tomography and Water Balance Analysis

• Published in: Water (Basel) Vol. 16; no. 15; p. 2191
• Main Authors: de Souza, Éricklis Edson Boito, de Bastos, Franciele, da Cunha Kemerich, Pedro Daniel, Zago, Marieli Machado, Ebling, Éderson Diniz, de Araujo, Elias Frank, Antonino, Antonio Celso Dantas, Reichert, José Miguel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.08.2024
• Subjects: Brazil; Climate change; Drought; Electric properties; Environmental conditions; forest hydrology; Forest management; Forests and forestry; Grasslands; Groundwater; Hydrologic cycle; Hydrology; Land use; Management; Plantations; Precipitation; Rain; Rain and rainfall; Runoff; Soil erosion; southern Brazil; Strategic planning (Business); Stream flow; subsurface water; Tomography; Trees; Vegetation; Water; water balance; Water balance (Hydrology); water recharge; Water shortages; Watersheds; Brazil

Global forest plantations are expanding, causing land-use changes and impacting the water cycle. This study assesses whether eucalyptus plantations reduce groundwater levels compared to grasslands in paired subtropical watersheds. The hydrological dynamics of surface and subsurface water were compar...