Tropical Forest Hydrology
Some tropical forest hydrology research programmes:
FIESTA Cloud Forest project (Costa Rica)
Danum Valley hydrology project
BCI Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
EOS-Amazon (Univ. Washington, USA)
Hydrology at Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
Mekong Basin, SE Asia
Rainforest water-budget (Surumoni / Southern Venezuela)
USDA Fog drip project (East Maui, Hawaii)
WCMC Cloud Forest project
Some links to tropical forest hydrology publications:
Bonell et al. (1998) High Rainfall, Response-Dominated Catchments: A Comparative Study of Experiments in
Tropical Northeast Queensland with Temperate New Zealand
Bruijnzeel, L.A. (1990). Hydrology of Moist Tropical Forests and Effects of Conversion:
a State of Knowledge Review.
ETFRN NEWS 33: Forests and Water
ETFRN NEWS 45: Forests, Water and Livelihoods
Forests, Water and People in the Humid Tropics (2004)
IHP Waterway newsletters (1995-1999)
Newbery et al. (2000) Changes and disturbance in tropical rainforest in South-East Asia
Reynolds and Thompson (1988) Forests, Climate, and Hydrology: Regional Impacts
Tangtham (1994) The Hydrological Roles of Forests In Thailand
Whitmore (1998) An Introduction to Tropical Rain Forests, Second Edition
Ziegler and Giambelluca (1997) Hydrologic Change and Accelerated Erosion in Northern Thailand
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