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Fig. 1: Split-sample validation tests of gradient-boosted-tree model fitted to forest clearing and planting data.
Fig. 2: Distributions of potential storage, compared to the uniform distribution used to estimate its influence in Evaristo and McDonnell’s analysis1.

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  1. Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

    James W. Kirchner, Wouter R. Berghuijs & Scott T. Allen

  2. Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland

    James W. Kirchner

  3. Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

    Scott T. Allen

  4. Department of Civil Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

    Markus Hrachowitz & Rolf Hut

  5. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA

    Donna M. Rizzo

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Kirchner, J.W., Berghuijs, W.R., Allen, S.T. et al. Streamflow response to forest management. Nature 578, E12–E15 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-1940-6

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