Temporal heterogeneity of soil moisture in grassland and forest

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 234-239

  James, Sarah E ^a   Pärtel, Meelis ^a,b   Wilson, Scott D ^a   Peltzer, Duane A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Evapotranspiration; Interception; Resource uptake; Shrubs; Trees

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; FOREST SOIL; GRASSLAND SOIL; HETEROGENEITY; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

NORTH AMERICA;

POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 0037391088     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2003.00758.x     Document Type: Article

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