Comparison of water transfer as a component of the energy balance in a cultivated grass (Brachiaria decumbens Stapf.) field and a savanna during the wet season of the Orinoco Llanos

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 90, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 65-79

  San Jose J J ^a   Bracho, R ^a   Nikonova, N ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Brachiaria decumbens; Neotropical savannas; Orinoco Llanos; Water transfer; Wet season

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; ENERGY BALANCE; SAVANNA; WATER TRANSFER;

BRACHIARIA DECUMBENS;

EID: 0031897946     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(97)00092-0     Document Type: Article

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