Streamflow response to forest removal is positively related to the age difference in age

Streamflow response to forest removal is positively related to the age difference in age (measured as time since last major disturbance) between the forests in the treated and control basin. The difference in age explains 45% of the variation in streamflow change in years 1 to 5 after forest removal (y = 138 ln(x) - 332, r2 = 0.45) and 71% of the variation in streamflow change in years 15 to 25 after forest removal (y = 142 ln(x) - 524, r2 = 0.71). Data are from the Andrews (OR), Caspar Creek (CA), Coweeta (NC), Coyote (OR), Fernow (WV), and Hubbard Brook (NH) Experimental Forests, stored on the hydro-DB data harvester maintained by the USFS PNW Station and Andrews LTER.