The concept of hydrological connectivity and its contribution to understanding runoff‐dominated geomorphic systems
By Louise J. Bracken, J. Croke. 2007
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The term ‘connectivity’ is increasingly being applied in hydrological and geomorphological studies. Relevant research encompasses aspects of landscape connectivity, hydrological connectivity and sedimentological connectivity. Unlike other disciplines, notably ecology, published studies show no consensus on a standard definition. This paper provides an overview of how existing research relates to the concept of connectivity in both ecology and hydrology by proposing and evaluating a conceptual model of hydrological connectivity that includes five major components: climate; hillslope runoff potential; landscape position; delivery pathway and lateral connectivity. We also evaluate a proposed measure of connectivity called the volume to breakthrough to quantify changing connectivity between different environments and catchments. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Subfields: Ecology, Soil Science
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- Performance of Vegetation in Reclaimed Slopes Affected by Soil Erosion (2011, background): “If soil erosion promotes the development of rill networks, water availability may be further reduced, since rills increase runoff connectivity on the slopes and provide efficient pathways to drive water out of the system (FavisMortlock et al. 2000; Bracken & Croke 2007).”
- Connectivity as an emergent property of geomorphic systems (2018, neutral): “Ecological approaches to connectivity have been assimilated by hydrologists, resulting in a novel framework for understanding runoff and run on in catchment systems (Bracken and Croke, 2007; Ali and Roy, 2009).”
- Do Changes in Connectivity Explain Desertification? (2009, background): “Much of the previous work on connectivity has focused on the importance of hydrologic connectivity in controlling runoff and sediment movement (Cammeraat 2002, 2004, Imeson and Prinsen 2004, Bracken and Croke 2007, Mueller et al. 2007a, Reaney et al. 2007).”
- Macropores and water flow in soils revisited (2013, background): “However, while connectivity is increasingly recognized as an important control on hillslope responses [e.g., Uchida et al., 2005a, 2005b; Bracken and Croke, 2007; Lehmann et al., 2007; Anderson et al., 2009b; Michaelides and Chappell, 2009], there does appear to be a problem with this type of…”