Sources of water used by natural mesquite vegetation in a semi-arid region of northern Mexico

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 375-381

  Brunel, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UMR LISAH   (France)

Author keywords

Arizona; Mesquite; Oxygen 18; Prosopis velutina; Semi desert grassland; Sonora, Mexico; USA; Water use

Indexed keywords

ARIZONA; MESQUITE; OXYGEN-18; PROSOPIS VELUTINA; SEMI-DESERT GRASSLAND; SONORA, MEXICO; USA; WATER USE;

ARID REGIONS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DROUGHT; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; OXYGEN; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY;

SURFACE WATERS;

DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; LATENT HEAT FLUX; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; ROOT SYSTEM; SEMIARID REGION; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SHRUB; VEGETATION; WATER BUDGET; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE; WATERSHED;

ARIZONA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SAN PEDRO RIVER; SONORA; UNITED STATES;

PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS VELUTINA;

EID: 69949179264     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.54.2.375     Document Type: Article

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