التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Estimating the Impact of Climate and Vegetation Changes on Runoff Risk across the Hawaiian Landscape. |
| المؤلفون: |
Berio Fortini, Lucas, Kaiser, Lauren R., Perkins, Kim S., Xue, Lulin, Wang, Yaping |
| المصدر: |
Conservation (2673-7159); Jun2023, Vol. 3 Issue 2, p291-302, 12p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
CLIMATE change, PLANTS, HYDROLOGY, RAINFALL, WILDLIFE conservation |
| مستخلص: |
In Hawai'i, ecosystem conservation practitioners are increasingly considering the potential ecohydrological benefits from applied conservation action to mitigate the degrading impacts of runoff on native and restored ecosystems. One determinant of runoff is excess rainfall events where rainfall rates exceed the infiltration capacity of soils. To help understand runoff risks, we calculated the probability of excess rainfall events across the Hawaiian landscape by comparing the probability distributions of projected rainfall frequency and land-cover-specific infiltration capacity. We characterized soil infiltration capacity based on different land cover types (bare soil, grasses, and woody vegetation) and compared them to the frequency of large rainfall events under current and future climate scenarios. We then mapped the potential risk of excess rainfall across the main Hawaiian Islands. Our results show that land cover type has a very large effect on runoff risk as excess rainfall conditions are 234% more likely in bare soil and 75% more likely in grasslands compared to woody forests and shrublands. In contrast, projected shifts in rainfall intensity by end-of-century show little impact on these probabilities and thus, the risk of runoff. This indicates that the probability of excess rainfall is primarily driven by differences in land cover and not by current or potential shifts in rainfall patterns across the Hawaiian landscape. The ability to estimate the risk of potentially ecologically and economically costly runoff based on changes of land cover is useful for managers focused on invasive species control and restoration planning, especially for native and endemic ecosystems unique to the State of Hawai'i. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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