Details zur Publikation |
| Kategorie | Textpublikation |
| Referenztyp | Berichte |
| URL | http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/water-retention-potential-of-forests |
| Titel (primär) | Water-retention potential of Europe's forests: A European overview to support natural water-retention measures |
| Autor | Zal, N.; Bastrup-Birk, A.; Bariamis, G.; Scholz, M.
; Tekidou, A.; Kasperidus, H.D.; Baltas, E.; Mimikou, M.; Werner, B.; Vanneuville, W.; Kurnik, B.; Kristensen, P.; Uhel, R. |
| Quelle | EEA Technical Report |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2015 |
| Department | NSF |
| Band/Volume | 13/2015 |
| Seite bis | 41 |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Keywords | Biodiversity; Water |
| UFZ Querschnittsthemen | RU2; |
| Abstract | This report provides for the first time a European overview of the role of forests in water retention, based on the Water Accounts Production Database developed at the EEA. The results represent 287 sub-basins hosting more than 65 000 catchments across Europe. The impact of forests on water retention is measured according to three parameters/characteristics: forest cover (measured in hectares), forest types (coniferous, broad-leaved, mixed), and the degree of management of the forests (‘protected’ versus unprotected/commercial forests). The estimation of the water-retention potential is derived from the relationships between input (rainfall) and output (water run-off into rivers and lakes) as affected by these three forest characteristics. |
| dauerhafte UFZ-Verlinkung | https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=17194 |
| Zal, N., Bastrup-Birk, A., Bariamis, G., Scholz, M., Tekidou, A., Kasperidus, H.D., Baltas, E., Mimikou, M., Werner, B., Vanneuville, W., Kurnik, B., Kristensen, P., Uhel, R. (2015): Water-retention potential of Europe's forests: A European overview to support natural water-retention measures EEA Technical Report 13/2015 Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg, 41 pp. |
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