Evidence of optimal water use by vegetation across a range of North American ecosystems

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Emanuel, Ryan E ^a   D'Odorico, Paolo ^a   Epstein, Howard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION METHODS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LINEAR REGRESSION; VEGETATION;

SUMMER; WATER USE; WINTER;

SOIL MOISTURE;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION; WATER USE;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34250758682     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028909     Document Type: Article

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