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res:
  bibo_abstract:
  - Wildfires are increasing in frequency, intensity, and extent globally due to climate
    change and they can alter forest composition, structure, and function. The destruction
    and subsequent regrowth of young vegetation can modify the ecosystem evapotranspiration
    and downstream water availability. However, the response of forest recovery on
    hydrology is not well known with even the sign of evapotranspiration and water
    yield changes following forest fires being uncertain across the globe. Here, we
    quantify the effects of forest regrowth after catastrophic wildfires on evapotranspiration
    and runoff in the world's tallest angiosperm forest (Eucalyptus regnans) in Australia.
    We combine eddy covariance measurements including pre- and post-fire periods,
    mechanistic ecohydrological modeling and then extend the analysis spatially to
    multiple fires in eucalypt-dominated forests in south-eastern Australia by utilizing
    remote sensing. We find a fast recovery of evapotranspiration which reaches and
    exceeds pre-fire values within 2 years after the bushfire, a result confirmed
    by eddy covariance data, remote sensing, and modeling. Such a fast evapotranspiration
    recovery is likely generalizable to tall eucalypt forests in south-eastern Australia
    as shown by remote sensing. Once climate variability is discounted, ecohydrological
    modeling shows evapotranspiration rates from the recovering forest which reach
    peak values of +20% evapotranspiration 3 years post-fire. As a result, modeled
    runoff decreases substantially. Contrary to previous research, we find that the
    increase in modeled evapotranspiration is largely caused by the aerodynamic effects
    of a much shorter forest height leading to higher surface temperature, higher
    humidity gradients and therefore increased transpiration. However, increases in
    evapotranspiration as well as decreases in runoff caused by the young forest are
    constrained by energy and water limitations. Our result of an increase in evapotranspiration
    due to aerodynamic warming in a shorter forest after wildfires could occur in
    many parts of the world experiencing forest disturbances.@eng
  bibo_authorlist:
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Naika
      foaf_name: Meili, Naika
      foaf_surname: Meili
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Jason
      foaf_name: Beringer, Jason
      foaf_surname: Beringer
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Jiacheng
      foaf_name: Zhao, Jiacheng
      foaf_surname: Zhao
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Simone
      foaf_name: Fatichi, Simone
      foaf_surname: Fatichi
      foaf_workInfoHomepage: http://www.librecat.org/personId=cf8e546b-a9b0-11f0-a43b-aa89ed1b56d6
  bibo_doi: 10.1111/gcb.16995
  bibo_issue: '1'
  bibo_volume: 30
  dct_date: 2024^xs_gYear
  dct_isPartOf:
  - http://id.crossref.org/issn/1354-1013
  - http://id.crossref.org/issn/1365-2486
  dct_language: eng
  dct_publisher: Wiley@
  dct_subject:
  - Aerodynamic effects
  - Bushfires Australia
  - Ecohydrological modeling
  - Eddy covariancemeasurements
  - Eucalyptus regnans
  - Forest evapotranspiration
  - Forest recovery
  - Mountain Ash
  - TERN OzFlux
  - Wildfires
  dct_title: Aerodynamic effects cause higher forest evapotranspiration and water
    yield reductions after wildfires in tall forests@
  fabio_hasPubmedId: '37916642'
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