A stochastic model for vegetation water stress

Ecohydrology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 177-188

  Borgogno, F ^a   D'Odorico, P ^b   Laio, F ^a   Ridolfi, L ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Resilience; Resistance; Soil moisture; Vegetation water stress

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; AVERAGE STRESS; DICHOTOMIC PROCESS; FIRST-PASSAGE TIME; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; PERMANENT DAMAGE; PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PLANT TISSUES; RESILIENCE; SOIL WATER; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; THRESHOLD LEVELS; WATER STRESS;

MARKOV PROCESSES; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SOIL MOISTURE; STOCHASTIC MODELS; UNDERWATER SOILS;

VEGETATION;

MARKOV CHAIN; MODELING; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RESILIENCE; SOIL MOISTURE; STOCHASTICITY; VEGETATION COVER; WATER STRESS;

EID: 77954653976     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.120     Document Type: Article

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