TY - JOUR AU1 - Gao, Hongkai AU2 - Sabo, John AU3 - Chen, Xiaohong AU4 - Liu, Zhiyong AU5 - Yang, Zongji AU6 - Ren, Ze AU7 - Liu, Min AB - Landscape Ecol (2018) 33:1461–1480 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-018-0690-4(0123456789().,-volV)(0123456789().,-volV) REVIEW ARTICLE Landscape heterogeneity and hydrological processes: a review of landscape-based hydrological models . . . . Hongkai Gao John L. Sabo Xiaohong Chen Zhiyong Liu . . Zongji Yang Ze Ren Min Liu Received: 8 May 2018 / Accepted: 23 July 2018 / Published online: 1 August 2018 Springer Nature B.V. 2018 Abstract landscape traits, has been extensively used in hydro- Introduction Landscapes and water are closely logical models, but mostly to drive water flow linked. Water shapes landscapes, and landscape downhill. Land cover heterogeneity, represented heterogeneity in turn determines water storage, parti- mostly by vegetation, is usually linked with evapora- tioning, and movement. Understanding hydrological tion and transpiration rather than runoff generation. processes from an ecological perspective is an exciting Moreover, the proportion of different land cover types and fast-growing field of research. is usually the only index involved in hydrological Objectives The motivation of this paper is to review models, leaving the influence of vegetation patterns advances in the interaction between landscape hetero- and structure on hydrologic connectivity still largely geneity and hydrological processes, and propose a unexplored. Additionally, moving from ‘‘what hetero- framework for synthesizing and moving forward. geneity exists’’ TI - Landscape heterogeneity and hydrological processes: a review of landscape-based hydrological models JF - Landscape Ecology DO - 10.1007/s10980-018-0690-4 DA - 2018-08-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/landscape-heterogeneity-and-hydrological-processes-a-review-of-O5sT4bm7i0 SP - 1461 EP - 1480 VL - 33 IS - 9 DP - DeepDyve ER -