Synthesized Attributes of Water Use by Regional Vegetation: A Key to Cognition of “Water Pump” Viewpoint

Table 3

Typical cases of study on hydrological regulation effect of vegetation.

Study area	Subject investigated	Study method	Literature source
Loess Plateau, China	Slope with different land use pattern	Field plot experiment	She et al. (2011) [58]
Loess Plateau, China	Five different land use types	Field plot experiment	She et al. (2010) [59]
Menglun, Xishuangbanna, Southwest China	Ten land use categories in the study area	By using RS and GIS technology	Hu et al. (2009) [60]
the Qilian Mountains, China	Qinghai spruce (Piceacrassifolia) forest	Field observation experiment	Tian et al. (2012) [61]
Three Gorges Reservoir area, China	5 typical vegetation types (mixed conifer and broadleaf forest, evergreen broadleaved forest, etc.)	Analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and comprehensive scoring method	Y. Q. Wang and Y. J. Wang; (2010) [62]
—	Forest ecosystems	Comprehensive review method	Neary et al. (2009) [63]
Xishuangbanna, Southwest China	Tropical seasonal rain forest and rubber forest	Water balance method	Zhang et al. (2003) [64]
Central Yunnan, China	Pinusyunnanesis plantation, Eucalyptus maidenii plantation, and their mixed plantation	Field observation combined with sampling and analysis	Wang et al. (2001) [65]
Ailao Mountain, Yunnan, China	Evergreen broadleaf forest	Field observation combined with sampling and analysis	Qi et al. (2012) [66]
Xishuangbanna, Southwest China	Native tropical rain forest and artificial rubber plantation	Isotopic tracer method	Liu et al. (2011) [67]
Central Yunnan, China	Eucalyptus plantation, Pinus plantation, shrubland, and seminatural and natural secondary forests.	Field observation combined with sampling and analysis	Hou et al. (2010) [68]
Xishuangbanna, Southwest China	Tropical rain forest and rubber plantation	Isotopic tracer method	Liu et al. (2008) [69]