A review of the ecohydrology discipline: Progress, challenges, and future directions in China

作     者：XIA Jun ZHANG Yongyong MU Xingmin ZUO Qiting ZHOU Yujian ZHAO Guangju 夏军;张永勇;穆兴民;左其亭;周宇建;赵广举

作者机构：State Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering ScienceWuhan UniversityWuhan 430072China Key Laboratory of Water Cycle and Related Land Surface ProcessesInstitute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources ResearchCASBeijing 100101China Institute of Soil and Water ConservationCAS and Ministry of Water ResourcesYangling 712100ShaanxiChina School of Water Conservancy&EnvironmentZhengzhou UniversityZhengzhou 450001China Institute of Soil and Water ConservationNorthwest Agriculture&Forestry UniversityYangling 712100ShaanxiChina 

出 版 物：《Journal of Geographical Sciences》 (地理学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2021年第31卷第8期

页      面：1085-1101页

核心收录：

学科分类：08[工学] 081501[工学-水文学及水资源] 0815[工学-水利工程] 

基　　金：The Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences,No.XDA23040301 The Developmental Strategies of the Discipline of the Academic Divisions of the Chinese Academy of Sciences,No.2017DXA National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.42071041 

主　　题：ecohydrology discipline theory and method comprehensive observation mathematical modelling scale issue 

摘      要：In recent decades, the ecohydrology discipline was developed to provide theoretical and technical foundations for the protection and restoration of complex ecological systems(e.g., mountains, rivers, forests, farmlands, and lakes), and to further ecological civilization construction and green development in China. In this study, the progress and challenges of the ecohydrology discipline are elaborated, and the future development directions are proposed according to international scientific frontiers and national ecological civilization construction demands. Overall, the main discipline directions are to develop new ecohydrological monitoring methods, to comprehensively understand ecohydrological mechanisms and their basic theories, to promote integration of multi-scale and multi-variable models by considering both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, and to encourage multidisciplinary integration, particularly with the social sciences. Furthermore, the future research interests in China include: combining multi-source information, constructing comprehensive monitoring systems, studying spatiotemporal patterns of key ecohydrological variables and their variation characteristics, developing integrated models of ecological, hydrological, and economic processes, estimating their uncertainty;and conducting interdisciplinary studies that include the natural and social sciences. The application prospects in China are further explored for a variety of ecosystems, including forests, grasslands, rivers, lakes, wetlands, farmlands, and cities. This study will provide a reference to support the development of the ecohydrology discipline in China, and will provide a solid theoretical and technical foundation for the implementation of national ecological civilization construction.