Simulation of Populus euphratica root uptake of groundwater in an arid woodland of the Ejina Basin, China

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 2460-2469

  Zhu, Yonghua ^a,b   Ren, Liliang ^a   Skaggs, Todd H ^b   Lü, Haishen ^a   Yu, Zhongbo ^a,c   Wu, Yanqing ^d   Fang, Xiuqin ^a  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b U S SALINITY LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arid region; HYDRUS 1D; P. euphratica; Root water uptake; Shallow groundwater

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL CHANGES; ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; EFFECT OF WATER; EJINA BASIN; FIELD MEASURED VALUES; GROUND WATER MOVEMENT; GROUNDWATER OVERDRAFT; GROWING SEASON; HEIHE RIVER; HYDRUS-1D; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; MODEL CALIBRATION; NATURAL TREE; NORTHWEST CHINA; P. EUPHRATICA; POPULUS EUPHRATICA; ROOT UPTAKE; ROOT WATER UPTAKE; ROOT ZONE; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; SITE-SPECIFIC; SOIL MOISTURE CONTENT; STUDY SITES; WATER DIVERSIONS; WATER TABLE DEPTHS; WATER TABLE ELEVATION; WATER UPTAKE;

AQUIFERS; ARID REGIONS; CLIMATOLOGY; CULTIVATION; ECOLOGY; FLOOD CONTROL; GEOLOGIC MODELS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; RESTORATION; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

HYDROGEOLOGY;

ARID REGION; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECIDUOUS TREE; GROUNDWATER; HABITAT RESTORATION; MOISTURE CONTENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RHIZOSPHERE; SOFTWARE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TABLE; WATER UPTAKE; WOODLAND;

ASIA; CHINA; EJINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU; HEI RIVER; NEI MONGGOL;

POPULUS EUPHRATICA;

EID: 68749092954     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7353     Document Type: Article

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