Soil water content at the catchment level and plant water status relationships in a Mediterranean Quercus ilex forest

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 357, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 67-75

  Bellot, J ^a   Ortiz de Urbina, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b LABAQUA SA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Catchments; Plant water status; Predawn water potential; Quercus ilex; Soil water; Water balance

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DROUGHT; EARTH SCIENCES; ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; NATURAL RESOURCES; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER; WATER ANALYSIS;

APPLIED (CO); CATCHMENT WATER BALANCE; ELSEVIER (CO); EXPONENTIAL CURVES; HYDROLOGICAL TIME-SERIES; HYDROLOGICAL WATER BALANCE; LEAF WATER POTENTIAL; PLANT WATER; QUERCUS; SOIL WATER; SOIL WATER CONTENT (SWC); STRUCTURAL DAMAGES;

WATER CONTENT;

CATCHMENT; DATABASE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGY; LEAF; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; SOIL WATER; WATER BUDGET;

ILEX; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 45849083114     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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