Ecohydrological control of deep drainage in arid and semiarid regions

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 277-287

  Seyfried, M S ^a   Schwinning, S ^b   Walvoord, M A ^c   Pockman, W T ^d   Newman, B D ^e   Jackson, R B ^f   Phillips, F M ^g  

^a NORTHWEST WATERSHED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Biosphere II   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^e LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep drainage; Ecohydrology; Groundwater recharge; Xeric shrubs

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARID REGION; ECOHYDROLOGY; GROUNDWATER; HOLOCENE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PLANT COMMUNITY; RECHARGE; SEMIARID REGION; VADOSE ZONE;

EID: 11144300572     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-0568     Document Type: Conference Paper

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