Sensitivity of riparian ecosystems in arid and semiarid environments to moisture pulses

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 20, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 3191-3205

  Williams, D G ^a   Scott, Russell L ^b   Huxman, T E ^c   Goodrich, D C ^b   Lin, G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b CARL HAYDEN BEE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Evapotranspiration; Groundwater; NEE; Net ecosystem carbon exchange; Precipitation; Stable isotopes; Woody plant encroachment

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; CATCHMENTS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); VEGETATION;

ARID ENVIRONMENTS; NET ECOSYSTEM CARBON EXCHANGE; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEMS; SEMIARID ENVIRONMENTS; TABLE ISOTOPES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ARID REGIONS; CATCHMENTS; ECOSYSTEMS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); VEGETATION;

CARBON CYCLE; DRAINAGE; ECOHYDROLOGY; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLOODPLAIN; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; RIPARIAN ZONE;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN PEDRO RIVER; UNITED STATES;

POPULUS; POPULUS FREMONTII; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS VELUTINA; SPOROBOLUS;

EID: 33750209398     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6327     Document Type: Article

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