Ecohydrologic separation of water between trees and streams in a Mediterranean climate

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 100-104

  Renee Brooks J ^a   Barnard, Holly R ^b   Coulombe, Rob ^c   McDonnell, Jeffrey J ^b,d  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DYNAMAC CORPORATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOHYDROLOGY; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MATRIC POTENTIAL; PLANT EXTRACT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL SURFACE; STREAMFLOW; TRANSPIRATION; WATERSHED;

CASCADE RANGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 76449098523     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo722     Document Type: Article

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