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Effects of the change from forest to agriculture land use on the spatial variability of summer extreme daily flow characteristics in southern Quebec (Canada)

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2010

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Muma, Mushombe, Assani, Ali A., Landry, Raphaeelle, Quessy, Jean-Francois, and Mesfioui, Mhamed, 2010, Effects of the change from forest to agriculture land use on the spatial variability of summer extreme daily flow characteristics in southern Quebec (Canada): Journal of Hydrology (Amsterdam), v. 407, no. 1-4.

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Studies looking at the effects of forest land cover on streamflow in Quebec have shown that a decrease in forest cover in a watershed leads to an increase in minimum flows. However, in many watersheds, such a decrease in forest cover is primarily due to an increase in agricultural land use. The goal of the study was to analyze the impact of a change from forest to agriculture land cover on the spatial variability of maximum and minimum extreme flows measured in summer (May-October) in 36 watersheds with surface areas between 200km2 and 4000km2, over the period from 1960 to 1990 using the canonical correlation analysis and analysis of covariance methods. The main result of this study is the fact that, in watersheds characterized by [...]

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