Forest Management and the Water Cycle

Forest Management and the Water Cycle - Introduction to the Challenge.- Acknowledgement.- Section 1: Forest and water - tree to small catchment processes in a changing environment.- 1.0 Introduction.- 1.1 Hydrological effects on below ground processes in temperate and Mediterranean forests.- 1.2 Above ground processes - anticipating climate change influences.- 1.3 Field studies of whole-tree leaf and root distribution and water relations in several European forests.- 1.4 Forested water catchments in a changing environment.- 1.5 Forest development in the European Alps and potential consequences on hydrological regime.- 1.6 Effects of Climate Change on the vulnerability of Norway spruce stands - soil hydrological constraints for forest management in Austria's lowlands.- 1.7 Observed Climate Change in Croatia and its impact on the hydrology of lowlands.- 1.8 The Case of Yatir Forest.- 1.9 How Mediterranean deciduous trees cope with long summer drought? The case of Quercus pyrenaica forests in Western Spain.- Section 2: Forest structures, management and water fluxes.- 2.0 Introduction.- 2.1 Changes in Forest Cover and its Diversity.- 2.2 Afforestation strategies with respect to forest-water interactions.- 2.3 Tree Species' Tolerance to Water Stress, Salinity and Fire.- 2.4 Overland flow, soil erosion and stream water quality in forest under different perturbations and climate conditions.- 2.5 Forest Management Effects on Below-ground Hydrological Processes.- 2.6 Adjustment of forest management strategies to changing climate.- Section 3: Scales and Approaches for Forest - Water Interactions.- 3.0 Introduction.- 3.1 Forest Management and the Water Cycle: An Integrated Introduction to Scaling.- 3.2 Multidimensionality of Scales and Approaches for Forest - Water Interactions.- 3.3 Fundamentals of Model Scaling in Forest Ecology.- 3.4 Up- and Downscaling Model Approaches for Water Relations in Forest Management from Plot to Landscape Level.- 3.5 A SmallCatchment Scale