Contribution in an anthology

Appeared in: Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity and Environmental Change in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem of South Ecuador

Editor list: Bendix, J.; Beck, E.; Bräuning, A.; Makeschin, F.; Mosandl, R.; Scheu, S.; Wilcke, W.

Publication year: 2013

Pages: 275-286

ISBN: 978-3-642-38136-2

eISBN: 978-3-642-38137-9

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38137-9_20

Title of series: Ecological studies

Number in series: 221

Abstract: 

Land-use change has a potentially large impact on local water resources and climatic conditions in montane rainforest ecosystems of the Andes. Based on local meteorological observations and site-specific simulation studies involving a coupled hydrological model and a soil–vegetation–atmosphere transfer scheme, we are able to predict likely changes of water and energy fluxes for different land-use categories. To anticipate the effect of future land-use change on the water and energy budgets of the study area, we use results of statistically derived land-use scenarios and a coupled plot scale model representing the dominant land-use types for further upscaling. After assessing the impact of land-use change on ecosystem services we conclude that climate regulation will be decreasing due to a likely increase in drought vulnerability and that the discharge will remain stable or even slightly increase, thereby positively effecting provisioning and regulating hydrological services.

Harvard Citation style: Windhorst, D., Silva, B., Peters, T., Meyer, H., Thies, B., Bendix, J., et al. (2013) Impacts of Local Land-Use Change on Climate and Hydrology, in Bendix, J., Beck, E., Bräuning, A., Makeschin, F., Mosandl, R., Scheu, S., et al. (eds.) Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity and Environmental Change in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem of South Ecuador. Heidelberg: Springer, pp. 275-286. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38137-9_20

APA Citation style: Windhorst, D., Silva, B., Peters, T., Meyer, H., Thies, B., Bendix, J., Frede, H., & Breuer, L. (2013). Impacts of Local Land-Use Change on Climate and Hydrology. In Bendix, J., Beck, E., Bräuning, A., Makeschin, F., Mosandl, R., Scheu, S., & Wilcke, W. (Eds.), Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity and Environmental Change in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem of South Ecuador (pp. 275-286). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38137-9_20