Effect of Eucalyptus expansion on surface runoff in the central highlands of Ethiopia

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• 作者：Daniel Jaleta ; Boniface P. Mbilinyi ; Henry F. Mahoo…
• 关键词：Cultivated land ; Grassland ; Runoff plots ; Land use ; Meja River watershed
• 刊名：Ecological Processes
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：December 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：6
• 期：1
• 全文大小：822KB
• 刊物主题：Environment, general;
• 出版者：Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• ISSN：2192-1709
• 卷排序：6

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IntroductionLand use/land cover change can affect the ecological processes of an area such as hydrological cycle. The change in the condition of water resources of an area could be a good indicator of changes in ecosystem function as a result of altered land use/land cover. Eucalyptus expansion in central Ethiopia is one of the recent land use/land cover changes causing controversy on its potential ecological effect. This study was designed to evaluate effects of three adjacent land uses/land covers, i.e. cultivated land, grassland and Eucalyptus woodlot on surface runoff in Meja River watershed, central Ethiopia.