Evapotranspiration partitioning in a semiarid woodland: Ecohydrologic heterogeneity and connecitvity of vegetation patches

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 561-572

  Newman, Brent D ^a,c   Breshears, David D ^b   Gard, Marvin O ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL MODEL; DRY LAND; EVAPORATION LOSS; HYDRAULIC GRADIENTS; NEW MEXICO; PINUS EDULIS; RESIDENCE TIME; ROOT UPTAKE; SHALLOW SOILS; STABLE ISOTOPES; TIME-SCALES; TRANSPIRATION RATES; VEGETATION PATCHES; WOODY PLANTS;

EVAPORATION; ISOTOPES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SOILS; SOLVENTS; TRANSPIRATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION;

ARID REGION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CANOPY; CHLORINE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONIFEROUS TREE; ECOHYDROLOGY; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HETEROGENEITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NITRATE; PATCHINESS; PERCOLATION; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUB; STABLE ISOTOPE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WATER CONTENT; WOODLAND;

NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS MONOSPERMA; PINUS EDULIS; TILLANDSIA LINEATISPICA;

EID: 77952203648     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2009.0035     Document Type: Article

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