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res:
  bibo_abstract:
  - Grassland and pastures are important land uses in subalpine and alpine environments.
    They are typically subjected to management practices that can change the biophysical
    structure of the canopy through defoliation and can alter soil hydraulic properties.
    These modifications have the potential to impact hydrological and energy fluxes
    as well as the primary productivity of grasslands. We investigate how a series
    of management practices, such as grass cut, grazing, and the consequent soil compaction
    due to treading by animals are affecting water resources, flood generation, and
    grassland productivity in a subalpine region. Results are obtained using a mechanistic
    ecohydrological model, Tethys-Chloris. The model is first confirmed using energy,
    water, and carbon fluxes measured at three eddy covariance stations over grasslands
    in Switzerland and discharge measured in a small experimental catchment. A series
    of virtual experiments are then designed to elucidate the importance of various
    management scenarios at the plot and catchment scales. Results show that only
    severe management actions such as low grass cuts or heavy grazing are able to
    influence considerably the long-term hydrological behavior. Moderate management
    practices are typically unable to modify the system response in terms of energy
    and water fluxes. An important short-term effect is represented by animal-induced
    soil compaction that can reduce infiltration capacity leading to peak flow considerably
    higher than in undisturbed conditions. The productivity of vegetation in absence
    of nutrient limitation is considerably affected by the different management scenarios
    with tolerable disturbances that lead to higher aboveground net primary production.@eng
  bibo_authorlist:
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Simone
      foaf_name: Fatichi, Simone
      foaf_surname: Fatichi
      foaf_workInfoHomepage: http://www.librecat.org/personId=cf8e546b-a9b0-11f0-a43b-aa89ed1b56d6
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Matthias J.
      foaf_name: Zeeman, Matthias J.
      foaf_surname: Zeeman
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Jürg
      foaf_name: Fuhrer, Jürg
      foaf_surname: Fuhrer
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Paolo
      foaf_name: Burlando, Paolo
      foaf_surname: Burlando
  bibo_doi: 10.1002/2013wr014535
  bibo_issue: '1'
  bibo_volume: 50
  dct_date: 2014^xs_gYear
  dct_isPartOf:
  - http://id.crossref.org/issn/0043-1397
  - http://id.crossref.org/issn/1944-7973
  dct_language: eng
  dct_publisher: American Geophysical Union@
  dct_title: 'Ecohydrological effects of management on subalpine grasslands: From
    local to catchment scale@'
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