Woody plants modulate the temporal dynamics of soil moisture in a semi-arid mesquite savanna

Ecohydrology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 20-27

  Potts, Daniel L ^a   Scott, Russell L ^b   Bayram, Saziye ^a   Carbonara, Joaquin ^a  

^a BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST WATERSHED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fast fourier transform; Prosopis velutina; Santa rita experimental range; Soil moisture; Time domain reflectometry

Indexed keywords

ARRAY OF SENSORS; CANOPY INTERCEPTION; CARBON CYCLES; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; DRYLAND; DYNAMIC VARIATIONS; EVAPORATIVE LOSS; FFT ANALYSIS; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MICROSITES; NUTRIENT CYCLING; RAINFALL EVENT; SANTA RITA EXPERIMENTAL RANGE; SEMI ARID; SEMI-ARID ECOSYSTEMS; SHALLOW SOILS; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL PROFILES; SOIL WATER CONTENT; TEMPORAL DYNAMICS; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; WOODY PLANTS;

CLIMATOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT; RAIN; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER CONTENT; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS;

FOURIER TRANSFORM; INTERCEPTION; LEGUME; SAVANNA; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL COVER; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL PROFILE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; WATER CONTENT; WOODY PLANT;

ARIZONA; SANTA RITA EXPERIMENTAL RANGE; UNITED STATES;

PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS VELUTINA;

EID: 77954655605     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.91     Document Type: Article

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