Baseflow persistence and magnitude in oil palm, logged and primary tropical rainforest catchments in Malaysian Borneo: implications for water management under climate change

• Main Authors: Nainar, Anand, Walsh, Rory P. D., Bidin, Kawi, Tanaka, Nobuaki, Annammala, Kogila Vani, Letchumanan, Umeswaran, Ewers, Robert M., Reynolds, Glen
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI 2022
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/104777/1/KogilaVaniAnnammala2022_BaseflowPersistenceandMagnitudeinOilPalm.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/104777/; http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w14223791

While timber harvesting has plateaued, repeat-logging and conversion into plantations (especially oil palm) are still active in the tropics. The associated hydrological impacts especially pertaining to enhanced runoff, flood, and erosion have been well-studied, but little attention has been given to...