Phreatophytic vegetation and groundwater fluctuations: A review of current research and application of ecosystem response modeling with an emphasis on great basin vegetation

Environmental Management

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 726-740

  Naumburg, Elke ^a,b   Mata Gonzalez, Ricardo ^b   Hunter, Rachael G ^b   McLendon, Terry ^b   Martin, David W ^c  

^a Pacifica Services Inc   (United States)

^b MWH AMERICAS INC   (United States)

^c LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anoxia; Drought stress; Ecohydrology; Great Basin Desert; Groundwater management; Owens Valley; Root distribution

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; GROUND WATER FLUCTUATIONS; PHREATOPHYTIC VEGETATION; PLANT WATER STRESS;

GROUNDWATER;

GROUND WATER;

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; GROUNDWATER;

BIOMASS; DROUGHT; DROUGHT STRESS; FLOODING; PLANT ROOT; PREDICTION; REVIEW; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL; VEGETATION; WATER TRANSPORT;

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NATURAL DISASTERS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS; RIVERS; TREES; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ARIDA;

EID: 20744449988     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-004-0194-7     Document Type: Review

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