Effects of evapotranspiration partitioning, plant water stress response and topsoil removal on the soil moisture regime of a floodplain wetland: Implications for restoration

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 2934-2946

  Booth, Eric G ^a,b   Loheide, Steven P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecohydrology; Evapotranspiration; Floodplain restoration; Hydroecology; Riparian vegetation; Vadose zone modelling

Indexed keywords

ECO-HYDROLOGY; FLOODPLAIN RESTORATION; HYDRO-ECOLOGY; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; VADOSE ZONE;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); DEPOSITS; DEWATERING; ECOLOGY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FORESTRY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RESTORATION; SILT; SOIL MOISTURE; STRESSES; TRANSPIRATION; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY; WETLANDS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ECOHYDROLOGY; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLOODPLAIN; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LEAF AREA INDEX; PARTITIONING; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SOIL MOISTURE; TOPSOIL; WETLAND;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 77954413016     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7707     Document Type: Article

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