Zum Einfluss des Waldes auf die Hydrologie der Flysch-Einzugsgebiete des Alptals
Burch H. 1, Forster F. 1, Schleppi P. 1
1 Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Wald, Schnee und Landschaft (WSL), CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Schweiz
Schweiz. Z. Forstwes. 147 (1996): 925-938
Abstract
The influence of forest coverage on hydrologic behaviour is investigated in three wooded catchments for the period 1987 to 1995. The three catchments are located in the prealpine flysch region and vary in size (0.7-1.5 km2) and forest coverage. Long-term analysis shows that evapotranspiration increases with forest coverage while snowmelt runoff decreases due to the canopy interception. Flood discharge is judged by studying runoff coefficient and peak discharge. Measurements from the three natural catchments are analysed in addition to measurements made over two years on three smaller experimental plots (1500 m2) in the same region. For the studied shallow flysch soils, it is statistically impossible to demonstrate an overall effect of the forest coverage on flood discharge, neither in the natural nor in the small artificial catchments. However, the largest runoff coefficients have never been measured in the most forested catchment.
Keywords: peak discharge, forest effects on hydrology, forest cover, runoff coefficient
