Effects of land cover, water redistribution, and temperature on ecosystem processes in the South Platte Basin

Ecological Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1037-1051

  Baron, J S ^a,b   Hartman, M D ^b   Kittel, T G F ^c   Band, L E ^d,f   Ojima, D S ^b   Lammers, R B ^e  

^a Mid Continent Ecol Science Center   (United States)

^b Immunology and Pathology   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Colorado; Ecosystem dynamics; Hydrology; Land cover change; Land use change; RHESSys model; South Platte River; Water redistribution

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LAND COVER; PRODUCTIVITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

SOUTH PLATTE BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031792089     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1998)008[1037:EOLCWR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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