Ecohydrological controls on soil moisture and hydraulic conductivity within a pinyon-juniper woodland

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Lebron, I ^a,b   Madsen, M D ^a,c   Chandler, D G ^a,d   Robinson, D A ^b   Wendroth, O ^e   Belnap, J ^f  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Sunflower Networking Group   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^f Canyonlands Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROLOGY; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); STREAM FLOW;

HYDROLOGIC FUNCTIONAL; RANGELAND ECOSYSTEMS; SOIL WATER CONTENT; WATER SATURATION;

SOIL MOISTURE;

ECOSYSTEMS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROLOGY; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SOIL MOISTURE; STREAM FLOW;

ECOHYDROLOGY; EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST CANOPY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INTERCEPTION; PATCH DYNAMICS; RANGELAND; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; WIND DIRECTION; WOODLAND;

JUNIPERUS; PINUS EDULIS;

EID: 34848908001     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR005398     Document Type: Article

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