Contrasting short- and long-timescale effects of vegetation dynamics on water and carbon fluxes in water-limited ecosystems

Water Resources Research

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1-13

  Williams, Christopher A ^a   Albertson, John D ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; RAIN; SOILS; SURFACE WATERS; TRANSPIRATION; WOOD;

ANNUAL TRANSPIRATION; CARBON FLUXES; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

VEGETATION;

CARBON FLUX; TRANSPIRATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; GRASSES; PLANTS; RAIN; SURFACE WATER; TRANSPIRATION; WOOD;

EID: 22444447965     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004WR003750     Document Type: Article

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