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Hydrological Impacts of Climate Change on Forests

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One of the most significant effects of climate change is its impact on hydrological processes through the alteration of precipitation patterns and evapotranspiration processes. Forests, the terrestrial ecosystems with the highest water demand, will likely be the most influenced by the changing water regime. This short study aims to describe the water cycle and its possible alteration by analyzing the various components of forest hydrology such as precipitation, interception, and transpiration, as well as the impacts these have on groundwater and on streamflow.

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Acknowledgements

This research has been supported by “Agroclimate 2 (VKSZ_12-1-2013-00-34)” project. The research of Zoltán Gribovszki was supported by the European Union and the State of Hungary, co-financed by the European Social Fund in the framework of TÁMOP 4.2.4. A/2-11-1-2012-0001 ‘National Excellence Program’.

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  1. Faculty of Forestry, Institute of Geomatics and Civil Engineering, University of Sopron, Sopron, Hungary

    Zoltán Gribovszki & Péter Csáki

  2. University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

    Márton Szinetár

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  1. Institute of Sustainable and Environmental Chemistry, Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Lüneburg, Germany

    Michael Palocz-Andresen

  2. Institute of Forest- and Environmental Techniques, University of Sopron, Sopron, Hungary

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  3. Institute of Applied Arts, University of Sopron, Sopron, Hungary

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  4. István Széchenyi Management and Organisation Doctoral School, University of Sopron, Sopron, Hungary

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Gribovszki, Z., Csáki, P., Szinetár, M. (2019). Hydrological Impacts of Climate Change on Forests. In: Palocz-Andresen, M., Szalay, D., Gosztom, A., Sípos, L., Taligás, T. (eds) International Climate Protection. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03816-8_16

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