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A review of the ecohydrology discipline: Progress,challenges, and future directions in China |
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| Authors: | Xia Jun Zhang Yongyong Mu Xingmin Zuo Qiting Zhou Yujian Zhao Guangju |
| Institution: | 1.State Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China ;2.Key Laboratory of Water Cycle and Related Land Surface Processes, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, Beijing, 100101, China ;3.Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, CAS and Ministry of Water Resources, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China ;4.School of Water Conservancy & Environment, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China ;5.Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest Agriculture & Forestry University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China ; |
| Abstract: | In recent decades,the ecohydrology discipline was developed to provide theoretical and technical foundations for the protection and restoration of complex ecological systems(e.g.,mountains,rivers,forests,farmlands,and lakes),and to further ecological civilization construction and green development in China.In this study,the progress and challenges of the ecohydrology discipline are elaborated,and the future development directions are pro-posed according to international scientific frontiers and national ecological civilization con-struction demands.Overall,the main discipline directions are to develop new ecohydrological monitoring methods,to comprehensively understand ecohydrological mechanisms and their basic theories,to promote integration of multi-scale and multi-variable models by considering both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems,and to encourage multidisciplinary integration,par-ticularly with the social sciences.Furthermore,the future research interests in China include:combining multi-source information,constructing comprehensive monitoring systems,study-ing spatiotemporal patterns of key ecohydrological variables and their variation characteris-tics,developing integrated models of ecological,hydrological,and economic processes,es-timating their uncertainty;and conducting interdisciplinary studies that include the natural and social sciences.The application prospects in China are further explored for a variety of eco-systems,including forests,grasslands,rivers,lakes,wetlands,farmlands,and cities.This study will provide a reference to support the development of the ecohydrology discipline in China,and will provide a solid theoretical and technical foundation for the implementation of national ecological civilization construction. |
| Keywords: | ecohydrology discipline theory and method comprehensive observation mathematical modelling scale issue |
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