Precipitation on land versus distance from the ocean: Evidence for a forest pump of atmospheric moisture

Ecological Complexity

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 302-307

  Makarieva, Anastassia M ^a,b   Gorshkov, Victor G ^a,b   Li, Bai Lian ^b  

^a PETERSBURG NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Aridity; Atmospheric circulation; Deforestation; Evaporation; Hydrology; Leaf area index; Runoff; Sustainability; Transpiration; Water cycle; Water resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651119825     PISSN: 1476945X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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