Deforestation reduces the water holding capacity in the root-zone and increases the fraction of young water in streams

Markus Hrachowitz1, Michael Paul Stockinger2, Heye R Bogena2 and Andreas Lücke2, (1)Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands, (2)Agrosphere Institute (IBG-3), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Deutschland, Germany