Soil-moisture limits on plant uptake: An upscaled relationship for water-limited ecosystems

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 543-552

  Guswa, A J ^a  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecohydrology; Modeling; Plant uptake; Scaling; Transpiration

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; PLANTS (BOTANY); TRANSPIRATION; WATER; WETTING;

PLANT TRANSPIRATION; PLANT UPTAKE; ROOT ZONE; SOIL-MOISTURE LIMITS;

SOILS;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; ECOHYDROLOGY; PLANT; SOIL MOISTURE; TRANSPIRATION; WETTING;

EID: 17444390455     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2004.08.016     Document Type: Article

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