Understanding the influence of land cover change and landscape pattern change on evapotranspiration variations in Gwayi catchment of Zimbabwe

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dc.contributor.authorGwate, Onalenna
dc.contributor.authorDube, Hlengiwe
dc.contributor.authorDube, Timothy
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-15T10:55:06Z
dc.date.available2023-06-15T10:55:06Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractUnderstanding dynamics in hydrological processes helps toimprove water resource management. Climate and land coverchanges influence ecohydrological processes. This study soughtto assess the influence of climate, land cover and landscape struc-ture dynamics on actual evapotranspiration (ETa). To achieve this,the catchment parameter (w) was parameterised and the relation-ship between ETa and selected landscape metrics was deter-mined. The ratio of precipitation to potential evapotranspirationwas<1 and thewwas<2, suggesting that land cover changeswere more influential to ETa changes than climate variations.Given the loww(1<w<2), we conclude that the catchment hada low water retention capacity and was sensitive to land coverchanges.en_US
dc.identifier.citationGwate, O. et al. (2022). Understanding the influence of land cover change and landscape pattern change on evapotranspiration variations in Gwayi catchment of Zimbabwe. Geocarto International, 37(25), 10016–10032. https://doi.org/10.1080/10106049.2022.2032386en_US
dc.identifier.issn1752-0762
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/10106049.2022.2032386
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/9097
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTaylor and Francis Groupen_US
dc.subjectEcohydrologyen_US
dc.subjectEcologyen_US
dc.subjectEnvironmental changeen_US
dc.subjectWater securityen_US
dc.subjectZimbabween_US
dc.titleUnderstanding the influence of land cover change and landscape pattern change on evapotranspiration variations in Gwayi catchment of Zimbabween_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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