Deep root function in soil water dynamics in cerrado savannas of central Brazil

Functional Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 574-581

  Oliveira, R S ^a,e   Bezerra, L ^a   Davidson, E A ^b,c   Pinto, F ^a   Klink, C A ^a,b   Nepstad, D C ^b,c   Moreira, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA AMBIENTAL DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d WORLD BANK   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evapotranspiration; Plant available water; TDR; Time domain reflectometry

Indexed keywords

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FIRE; LAND USE CHANGE; SAVANNA; SOIL WATER; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WATER AVAILABILITY;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

POACEAE;

EID: 29144444072     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2005.01003.x     Document Type: Article

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