A field investigation of phreatophyte-induced fluctuations in the water table

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Butler Jr , James J ^a   Kluitenberg, Gerard J ^b   Whittemore, Donald O ^a   Loheide II, Steven P ^c,d   Jin, Wei ^b   Billinger, Mark A ^e,g   Zhan, Xiaoyong ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^e Kansas Department of Agriculture   (United States)

^f MACTEC Engineering and Consulting Inc   (United States)

^g Kansas Department of Agriculture   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); VEGETATION;

HYDROGRAPHS; WATER TABLE; WATER USE;

WATER ANALYSIS;

CLIMATOLOGY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); VEGETATION; WATER ANALYSIS;

DIURNAL VARIATION; ECOHYDROLOGY; FIELD SURVEY; HYDROGRAPH; PHREATIC ZONE; RIPARIAN ZONE; SPATIAL VARIATION; VEGETATION COVER; WATER TABLE; WATER UPTAKE;

EID: 33947733072     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005WR004627     Document Type: Article

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