Ecohydrology of groundwater-dependent ecosystems: 1. Stochastic water table dynamics

Water Resources Research

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Laio, Francesco ^b   Tamea, Stefania ^b   Ridolfi, Luca ^b   D'Odorico, Paolo ^a   Rodriguez Iturbe, Ignacio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; ANALYTICAL MODEL; CAPILLARY RISE; DISTRIBUTION OF WATER; ECO-HYDROLOGY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; ECOSYSTEM PROCESS; LONG-TERM BEHAVIOR; POISSON NOISE; PROBABILISTIC DESCRIPTIONS; RAINFALL EVENT; ROOT-WATER UPTAKE; SHALLOW WATER TABLES; STEADY STATE PROBABILITIES; VEGETATION COVER; WATER FLOWS; WATER TABLE DYNAMICS; WATER TABLE FLUCTUATIONS; WATER TABLES; WATERBODIES;

AQUIFERS; DYNAMICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; VEGETATION; WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOHYDROLOGY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; INFILTRATION; ROOT SYSTEM; STOCHASTICITY; VEGETATION COVER; WATER DEPTH; WATER FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TABLE; WATER UPTAKE;

EID: 67650280449     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008WR007292     Document Type: Article

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