Fuels treatment and wildfire effects on runoff from Sierra Nevada mixed‐conifer forests

• Published in: Ecohydrology Vol. 13; no. 3
• Main Authors: Saksa, Philip C., Bales, Roger C., Tague, Christina L., Battles, John J., Tobin, Benjamin W., Conklin, M.H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.04.2020
• Subjects: Catchment area; Catchment scale; Catchments; Computer simulation; Coniferous forests; Fluxes; Fuels; Headwaters; Hydrologic models; Hydrology; Leaf area; Leaf area index; Mixed forests; Plant cover; Rivers; Runoff; Vegetation; Vegetation changes; Water balance; Wildfires; United States > US; Nevada

We applied an eco‐hydrologic model (Regional Hydro‐Ecologic Simulation System [RHESSys]), constrained with spatially distributed field measurements, to assess the impacts of forest‐fuel treatments and wildfire on hydrologic fluxes in two Sierra Nevada firesheds. Strategically placed fuels treatments...