Surface vegetation controls on evapotranspiration from a sub-humid Western Boreal Plain wetland

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1072-1085

  Brown, S M ^a   Petrone, R M ^a   Mendoza, C ^b   Devito, K J ^b  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Equilibrium ET; Evapotranspiration; Lichen; Sphagnum; Wetland vegetation

Indexed keywords

ACTUAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; ALBERTA; BOREAL FOREST; BOREAL FORESTS; BOREAL PLAIN; CANOPY COVER; CLIMATIC VARIABILITY; DYNAMIC CHAMBER; EDDY COVARIANCE; GROWING SEASON; INTEGRAL PART; LANDSCAPE UNITS; PLANT COMMUNITIES; POND SYSTEMS; PRIESTLEY-TAYLOR; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; SNOW-FREE SEASON; SUB-HUMID; SURFACE VEGETATION; TIME PERIODS; VEGETATION COMPOSITION; WATER BALANCE; WETLAND ENVIRONMENT; WETLAND PLANTS; WETLAND VEGETATION;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER; LAKES; MOISTURE CONTROL; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY;

WETLANDS;

CLIMATE VARIATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LICHEN; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); VEGETATION COVER; WATER BUDGET; WETLAND;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

SPHAGNUM;

EID: 77951657878     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7569     Document Type: Article

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