Environmental and biological controls on water and energy exchange in Florida scrub oak and pine flatwoods ecosystems

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Bracho, Rosvel ^a,b   Powell, Thomas L ^c   Dore, Sabina ^a,d   Li, Jiahong ^c   Hinkle, C Ross ^e   Drake, Bert G ^c  

^a KENNEDY SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL EXPERIMENTAL DEL TÁCHIRA   (Venezuela)

^c SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LEAF AREA; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL WATER; WATER CONTENT;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51549098385     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JG000469     Document Type: Article

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