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Liangliang Duan
School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China

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Journal article
Published: 31 July 2021 in Forests
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To study the response of runoff to extreme changes in land use, the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model was used to construct historical, extreme, and future scenarios for several major landscape types in a permafrost region of northeastern China. The results show that the SWAT model is applicable in the Tahe River Basin; forestlands, shrublands, wetlands, and grasslands are the main land-use types in this basin, and the transfers among them from 1980–2015 have impacted runoff by less than 5%. Under extreme land use-change scenarios, the simulated runoff decreased from grasslands, to wetlands, shrublands, and finally, forestlands. The conversion of extreme land-use scenarios produces different hydrological effects. When forestland is converted to grassland, runoff increases by 25.32%, when forestland is converted to wetland, runoff increases by 13.34%, and the conversion of shrubland to forestland reduces runoff by 13.25%. In addition, the sensitivity of runoff to different land-use changes was much greater during flood seasons than in dry seasons. Compared to the reference year of 2015, the annual simulated runoff under the two future land-use scenarios (shrublands to forestlands and shrublands to wetland) was less. Also, both future land-use scenarios showed effects to decrease flooding and increased dryness, This study provided important insight into the integrated management of land use and water resources in the Tahe River Basin and the permafrost region of northeastern China.

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Peng Hu; Tijiu Cai; Fengxiang Sui; Liangliang Duan; Xiuling Man; Xueqing Cui. Response of Runoff to Extreme Land Use Change in the Permafrost Region of Northeastern China. Forests 2021, 12, 1021 .

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Peng Hu, Tijiu Cai, Fengxiang Sui, Liangliang Duan, Xiuling Man, Xueqing Cui. Response of Runoff to Extreme Land Use Change in the Permafrost Region of Northeastern China. Forests. 2021; 12 (8):1021.

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Peng Hu; Tijiu Cai; Fengxiang Sui; Liangliang Duan; Xiuling Man; Xueqing Cui. 2021. "Response of Runoff to Extreme Land Use Change in the Permafrost Region of Northeastern China." Forests 12, no. 8: 1021.

Journal article
Published: 30 May 2020 in Water
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Water resources from rivers are essential to humans. The discharge of rivers is demonstrated to be significantly affected by climate change in the literature, particularly in the boreal and subboreal climate zones. The Da Hinggan Mountains in subboreal northeast China form the headwaters of the Heilongjiang River and the Nenjiang River, which are important water resources for irrigation of downstream agriculture and wetlands. In this study, long-term (44 years) hydrologic, climate and forest dynamics data from the Tahe were analyzed using the soil and water assessment tool (SWAT) model to quantify the effects of climate and forest change on runoff depth. Meanwhile, downscaled precipitation and temperature predictions that arose from global climate models (GCMs) under four representative concentration pathways (RCP 2.6, RCP 4.5, RCP 6.0 and RCP 8.5) were forced using the SWAT model to investigate the climate change impacts on the Tahe River flows in the future. The results indicated that compared with the 1972–1982 period, the forest biomass in the 1984–1994 period was reduced by 17.6%, resulting in an increase of 16.6% in mean annual runoff depth. On the contrary, with reforestation from the 1995–2005 period to the 2006–2016 period, the mean forest biomass was increased by 9.8%, resulting in the mean runoff depth reduction of 11.9%. The tree species composition shift reduced mean annual runoff depth of 13.3% between the 1984–1994 period and the 2006–2016 period. Compared with base years (2006–2016), projections of GCM in the middle of the 21st century indicated that both mean annual temperature and precipitation were expected to increase by −0.50 °C and 43 mm under RCP 2.6, 0.38 °C and 23 mm under RCP 4.5, 0.67 °C and 36 mm under RCP 6.0 and 1.00 °C and 10 mm under RCP 8.5. Simulated results of the SWAT model showed that annual runoff depth would increase by 18.1% (RCP 2.6), 11.8% (RCP 4.5), 23.6% (RCP 6.0), and 11.5% (RCP 8.5), compared to the base years. Such increased runoff was mainly attributed to the increase in April, July, August, September and October, which were consistent with the precipitation prediction. We concluded that the future climate change will increase the water resources from the river, thereby offsetting the possible decline in runoff caused by the forest recovery. The findings of this study might be useful for understanding the impacts of climate and forest change on runoff and provide a reasonable strategy for managers and planners to mitigate the impact of future climate change on water resources in the subboreal forested watersheds.

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Zhengxiang Yu; Xiuling Man; Liangliang Duan; Tijiu Cai. Assessments of Impacts of Climate and Forest Change on Water Resources Using SWAT Model in a Subboreal Watershed in Northern Da Hinggan Mountains. Water 2020, 12, 1565 .

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Zhengxiang Yu, Xiuling Man, Liangliang Duan, Tijiu Cai. Assessments of Impacts of Climate and Forest Change on Water Resources Using SWAT Model in a Subboreal Watershed in Northern Da Hinggan Mountains. Water. 2020; 12 (6):1565.

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Zhengxiang Yu; Xiuling Man; Liangliang Duan; Tijiu Cai. 2020. "Assessments of Impacts of Climate and Forest Change on Water Resources Using SWAT Model in a Subboreal Watershed in Northern Da Hinggan Mountains." Water 12, no. 6: 1565.

Journal article
Published: 27 February 2019 in Forests
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Relationships between forest cover and streamflow have been studied worldwide, but only a few studies have examined how gradual changes in forest structure and species composition due to logging and climate change affect watershed water yield (Q) and flow regimes. In this study, we analyzed long-term (45 years) hydrologic, climate and forest dynamics data from the subboreal Tahe watershed in northeastern China. Our purpose was to evaluate the effects of forest logging and regeneration on changes in forest biomass and species and to quantify the subsequent impact on mean annual streamflow and flow regime under a changing climate. The study watershed was dominated by old-growth larch (Larix gmelinii Rupr.) during the 1970s, but gradually transformed into young deciduous larch mixed with deciduous broad-leaved birch (Betula platyphylla Sukaczev) during the 2010s. During the same period, the watershed experienced climate change with a significant increase in air temperature of 0.028 ℃/year. We applied eight sensitivity-based techniques to separate the effects of climate change on water yield from those due to forest changes. We used flow duration curves (FDCs) to characterize flow regimes by dividing the study into four key periods based on the proportional change of larch and birch trees. We found that the mean annual streamflow decreased by 10 mm (−16 mm attributed to forest change and +6 mm to climate change) between the 1984–1994 period and the 2006–2016 period when the proportion of birch increased by 20% with a similar total forest volume in the later period. The mean annual streamflow increased from 216 mm to 270 mm (+35.5 mm due to forest change vs +17.7 mm due to climate change) when forest volume decreased by 18.7% (17 m3/ha) between the 1970s and 1984–1994. Water yield changed only slightly (3.5 mm) when forest volume increased by 8.7% (6 m3/ha) from 2000 to 2011. In addition, the magnitude of high flow and low flow increased following deforestation and a shift in species composition from a period (1984–1994) with 70% larch with 30% birch to a later period (2006–2016) with 50% larch with 50% birch. Both high flow and low flow decreased coinciding with a reforestation period (2006–2016). Our results highlight complex interactions among climate, forest structure, total biomass, and plant diversity (trees species composition) in influencing watershed hydrology. Further study is needed to examine the effects of ecohydrological processes such as evapotranspiration in larch and birch forests on hydrologic changes across multiple scales.

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Zhengxiang Yu; Ge Sun; Tijiu Cai; Dennis W. Hallema; Liangliang Duan. Water Yield Responses to Gradual Changes in Forest Structure and Species Composition in a Subboreal Watershed in Northeastern China. Forests 2019, 10, 211 .

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Zhengxiang Yu, Ge Sun, Tijiu Cai, Dennis W. Hallema, Liangliang Duan. Water Yield Responses to Gradual Changes in Forest Structure and Species Composition in a Subboreal Watershed in Northeastern China. Forests. 2019; 10 (3):211.

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Zhengxiang Yu; Ge Sun; Tijiu Cai; Dennis W. Hallema; Liangliang Duan. 2019. "Water Yield Responses to Gradual Changes in Forest Structure and Species Composition in a Subboreal Watershed in Northeastern China." Forests 10, no. 3: 211.

Journal article
Published: 14 November 2018 in Water
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Global warming-induced earlier streamflow timing and changes in flood risk have been widely reported in snow-dominated regions where the land surface hydrology is dominated by winter snow accumulation and spring melt. However, impacts of climate warming on flow regime in the cold regions dominated by monsoonal rain during the warm season have received little attention in the literature. In this study, the responses of magnitude and timing of high flows to climate warming were analyzed by using a paired-year approach based on the hydrometeorological data of two large rain-dominated watersheds in the cold region of north-eastern China in the past approximately four decades (1975–2013). The results indicated that high flow timings of two watersheds both exhibited significant negative trends associated with the significant increasing trends in air temperature and spring rain over the study period. The results from paired-year approach indicated average timings of high flows in the warming years were significantly advanced by 21 and 25 days in Upper Huma River (UHR) and Ganhe River (GR) watersheds, respectively, which was at least partly attributed to the more frequent occurrence of spring snowmelt/rain generated high flows because of climate warming-induced earlier snowmelt and increased spring rain. The average magnitude of high flows decreased by 13.7% and 14.0% in the warming years compared with those in the reference years in the UHR and GR watersheds, respectively. These findings have implications for water resource management in the study region and similar rain-dominated cold regions across the globe.

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Liangliang Duan; Tijiu Cai. Changes in Magnitude and Timing of High Flows in Large Rain-Dominated Watersheds in the Cold Region of North-Eastern China. Water 2018, 10, 1658 .

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Liangliang Duan, Tijiu Cai. Changes in Magnitude and Timing of High Flows in Large Rain-Dominated Watersheds in the Cold Region of North-Eastern China. Water. 2018; 10 (11):1658.

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Liangliang Duan; Tijiu Cai. 2018. "Changes in Magnitude and Timing of High Flows in Large Rain-Dominated Watersheds in the Cold Region of North-Eastern China." Water 10, no. 11: 1658.

Journal article
Published: 03 July 2018 in Forests
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In northern China, large-scale reforestations were implemented to restore the ecosystem functions (e.g., hydrology function). However, few studies have been conducted to quantify the relative contributions of forest recovery to water yield in boreal forest region across the globe. In this study, the impacts of forest recovery on the changes in mean annual water yield were assessed in two large forested watersheds in the boreal forest region of northeast China using three different approaches. As commonly considered, the results confirmed that forest recovery was the dominant driver of the reductions in annual water yield in the two watersheds in the past three decades (1987–2016), explaining 64.3% (15.4 mm) and 87.4% (40.7 mm) of variations in annual water yield for Upper Tahe watershed (UTH) and Xinancha watershed (XNC), respectively. By contrast, climate variability played minor role in annual water yield variation, explaining only 35.7% (8.5 mm) and 12.6% (7.2 mm) for UTH and XNC, respectively. The response differences between the two watersheds may mainly be attributed to differences in forest type, topography and climate regimes. This study provided important insight into sustainable forest and water resources management in the region.

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Liangliang Duan; Tijiu Cai. Quantifying Impacts of Forest Recovery on Water Yield in Two Large Watersheds in the Cold Region of Northeast China. Forests 2018, 9, 392 .

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Liangliang Duan, Tijiu Cai. Quantifying Impacts of Forest Recovery on Water Yield in Two Large Watersheds in the Cold Region of Northeast China. Forests. 2018; 9 (7):392.

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Liangliang Duan; Tijiu Cai. 2018. "Quantifying Impacts of Forest Recovery on Water Yield in Two Large Watersheds in the Cold Region of Northeast China." Forests 9, no. 7: 392.

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Published: 19 April 2017 in Hydrological Processes
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Understanding how rivers respond to changes in land cover, climate, and subsurface conditions is critical for sustainably managing water resources and ecosystems. In this study, long-term hydrologic, climate, and satellite data (1973–2012) from the Upper Tahe River watershed (2359 km2) in the Da Hinggan Mountains of northeast China were analysed to quantify the relative hydrologic effects of climate variability (system input) and the combined influences of forest cover change and permafrost thaw (system characteristics) on average annual streamflow (system response) using 2 methods: the sensitivity-based method and the Kendall–Theil robust line method. The study period was subdivided into a forest harvesting period (1973–1987), a forest stability period (1988–2001), and a forest recovery period (2002–2012). The results indicated that the combined effects of forest harvesting and permafrost thaw on streamflow (+ 47.0 mm) from the forest harvesting period to the forest stability period was approximately twice as large as the effect associated with climate variability (+20.2 mm). Similarly, from the forest stability period to the forest recovery period, the decrease in average annual streamflow attributed to the combined effects of forest recovery and permafrost thaw (−38.0 mm) was much greater than the decrease due to climate variability (−22.2 mm). A simple method was used to separate the distinct impacts of forest cover change and permafrost thaw, but distinguishing these influences is difficult due to changes in surface and subsurface hydrologic connectivity associated with permafrost thaw. The results highlight the need to consider multiple streamflow drivers in future watershed and aquatic ecosystem management. Due to the ecological and hydrological susceptibility to disturbances in the Da Hinggan Mountains, forest harvesting will likely negatively impact ecohydrological processes in this region, and the effects of forest species transition in the forest recovery process should be further investigated.

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Liangliang Duan; Xiuling Man; Barret Kurylyk; Tijiu Cai; Qiang Li. Distinguishing streamflow trends caused by changes in climate, forest cover, and permafrost in a large watershed in northeastern China. Hydrological Processes 2017, 31, 1938 -1951.

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Liangliang Duan, Xiuling Man, Barret Kurylyk, Tijiu Cai, Qiang Li. Distinguishing streamflow trends caused by changes in climate, forest cover, and permafrost in a large watershed in northeastern China. Hydrological Processes. 2017; 31 (10):1938-1951.

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Liangliang Duan; Xiuling Man; Barret Kurylyk; Tijiu Cai; Qiang Li. 2017. "Distinguishing streamflow trends caused by changes in climate, forest cover, and permafrost in a large watershed in northeastern China." Hydrological Processes 31, no. 10: 1938-1951.

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Published: 05 January 2017 in Water
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Rapid permafrost thaw and precipitation regime shifts are altering surface and subsurface hydrological processes in arctic and subarctic watersheds. Long-term data (40 years) from two large permafrost watersheds in northeastern China, the Tahe River and Duobukuer River watersheds, indicate that winter baseflows are characterized by significant positive trends of 1.7% and 2.5%·year−1, respectively. Winter baseflows exhibited statistically significant positive correlations with mean annual air temperature and the thawing index, an indicator of permafrost degradation, for both watersheds, as well as the increasing annual rainfall fraction of precipitation for the Duobukuer River watershed. Winter baseflows were characterized by a breakpoint in 1989, which lagged behind the mean annual air temperature breakpoint by only two years. The statistical analyses suggest that the increases in winter baseflow are likely related to enhanced groundwater storage and winter groundwater discharge caused by permafrost thaw and are potentially also due to an increase in the wet season rainfall. These hydrological trends are first apparent in marginal areas of permafrost distribution and are expected to shift northward towards formerly continuous permafrost regions in the context of future climate warming.

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Liangliang Duan; Xiuling Man; Barret L. Kurylyk; Tijiu Cai. Increasing Winter Baseflow in Response to Permafrost Thaw and Precipitation Regime Shifts in Northeastern China. Water 2017, 9, 25 .

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Liangliang Duan, Xiuling Man, Barret L. Kurylyk, Tijiu Cai. Increasing Winter Baseflow in Response to Permafrost Thaw and Precipitation Regime Shifts in Northeastern China. Water. 2017; 9 (1):25.

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Liangliang Duan; Xiuling Man; Barret L. Kurylyk; Tijiu Cai. 2017. "Increasing Winter Baseflow in Response to Permafrost Thaw and Precipitation Regime Shifts in Northeastern China." Water 9, no. 1: 25.