Assessing topographic patterns in moisture use and stress using a water balance approach

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 391-403

  Dyer, James M ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Coweeta; Deciduous forests; Evapotranspiration; Ohio; Soil moisture; Solar radiation; Species environment relationships; Topography; Water budget

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOREST SOIL; GROWING SEASON; SOIL MOISTURE; SOLAR RADIATION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WATER BUDGET;

EID: 60449109905     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-008-9316-6     Document Type: Article

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