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URL http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/water-retention-potential-of-forests
Title (Primary) Water-retention potential of Europe's forests : a European overview to support natural water-retention measures
Author Zal, N.; Bastrup-Birk, A.; Bariamis, G.; Scholz, M. ORCID logo ; Tekidou, A.; Kasperidus, H.D.; Baltas, E.; Mimikou, M.; Werner, B.; Vanneuville, W.; Kurnik, B.; Kristensen, P.; Uhel, R.
Source Titel EEA Technical Report
Year 2015
Department NSF
Volume 13/2015
Page To 41
Language englisch
Keywords Biodiversity; Water
UFZ wide themes 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.
Persistent UFZ Identifier 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.