A conceptual dynamic vegetation-soil model for arid and semiarid zones

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1175-1187

  Quevedo, D I ^a   Frances F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVAILABLE WATER; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; DOMINANT SPECIES; DYNAMIC EQUATIONS; DYNAMIC EVOLUTION; FEEDBACK MECHANISMS; KEY ISSUES; LEAF BIOMASS; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES; MODEL PARAMETERS; PLANT GROWTH; QUERCUS; SEMI-ARID CLIMATE; SEMIARID ZONE; SOIL CONDITIONS; SOIL CONTENT; SOIL MODEL; SOIL MOISTURE CONTENT; SOIL WATER AVAILABILITY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION PROPERTIES; VEGETATION RESPONSE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER BALANCE; WATER FLUX; WATER STRESS;

ARID REGIONS; CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; SOIL MOISTURE; TANKS (CONTAINERS); VEGETATION; WATER CONTENT; WATER SUPPLY;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

ADAPTATION; AIR-SOIL INTERACTION; ARID REGION; CALIBRATION; DECIDUOUS TREE; DOMINANCE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWTH RATE; MODEL VALIDATION; MOISTURE CONTENT; MONOCULTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYTOMASS; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER BUDGET; WATER FLOW; WATER STRESS;

QUERCUS COCCIFERA;

EID: 75749124108     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-12-1175-2008     Document Type: Article

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