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Spatial Multiobjective Optimization of Agricultural Conservation Practices using a SWAT Model and an Evolutionary Algorithm
Published on: December 10, 2012
[Research advances in dynamic mechanism and its simulation of eco-hydrological process in forest catchment]
1Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China. diaoyiwei@sina.com
Abstract:
Hydrological process is the key link between climatic fluctuations and ecologic dynamics of forests at spatial and temporal scales. To some extent, global climate change and large-scale human's activities will impact the spatial-temporal changes of eco-hydrological process in forest catchments in the future. Therefore, researches on the dynamic mechanism of eco-hydrological processes in forest catchments play a crucial role in understanding and controlling the rational use of ecological resources, resuming regional ecology, and sustainable development in economy. This paper described the interception, evapotranspiration and rainfall-runoff of forest ecological system and their effects on hydrological process. The spatial structure of soil moisture and its evolution with time were also the cause and consequence of forest. The spatial-temporal interaction between hydrologic and ecologic dynamics, the application of distributed hydrological model, and the eco-hydrological dynamics and cybernetics of forest would be the most exciting frontiers of the relative researches in the future.
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