An analytical model to relate the vertical root distribution to climate and soil properties

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 18, 2006, Pages

  Laio, Francesco ^a   D'Odorico, Paolo ^b   Ridolfi, Luca ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPORATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; SOILS; ANALYTICAL MODELS;

PEDOLOGIC CONDITIONS; SOIL PROPERTIES; WATER CONTROLLED ECOSYSTEMS;

ECOSYSTEMS; CLIMATE MODELS;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); ROOT; ROOTING; SOIL PROPERTY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EVAPORATIVE DEMANDS; PLANT ROOTS; SOIL PROPERTY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; VERTICAL ROOT DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 34547197861     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027331     Document Type: Article

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