Partitioning evapotranspiration across gradients of woody plant cover: Assessment of a stable isotope technique

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Wang, Lixin ^a   Caylor, Kelly K ^a   Villegas, Juan Camilo ^b,c   Barron Gafford, Greg A ^b,d   Breshears, David D ^b,d   Huxman, Travis E ^b,d  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSPHERE 2; CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENTS; DRYLAND; FIELD CHARACTERIZATION; FURTHER DEVELOPMENT; KEELING PLOTS; NEAR-SURFACE; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; SAP FLOW; STABLE ISOTOPES; STABLE ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; SURFACE FLUX; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES; WOODY PLANTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; ISOTOPES; LAND USE; MILITARY ENGINEERING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER VAPOR;

TRANSPIRATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAND USE; LYSIMETER; STABLE ISOTOPE; SURFACE FLUX; TRANSPIRATION; WOODY PLANT;

EID: 77952156745     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL043228     Document Type: Article

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