Water storage capacity, stemflow and water funneling in Mediterranean shrubs

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 389, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 363-372

  Garcia Estringana, P ^a   Alonso Blazquez N ^a   Alegre, J ^a  

^a Dept Agroalimentación   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mediterranean shrubs; Stemflow; Water storage capacity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION MECHANISM; CISTUS LADANIFER; CONTROLLED CONDITIONS; ECOLOGICAL FEATURES; HIGH WATER; HYDROLOGICAL VARIABLES; IMMERSION METHOD; INSERTION ANGLES; LATIFOLIA; LAVANDULA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES; PER UNIT; RAINFALL SIMULATIONS; SEMI-ARID CLIMATE; SHRUBLANDS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SIMULATED RAINFALL; SMALL SIZE; STEMFLOW; STORAGE CAPACITY; SURFACE AREA; WATER LOSS; WATER STORAGE CAPACITY;

BIOMETRICS;

RAIN;

ADAPTATION; ANATOMY; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; INTERCEPTION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; RAINFALL; SHRUB; STEMFLOW; WATER STORAGE;

CISTUS; CISTUS LADANIFER; LAVANDULA; LAVANDULA LATIFOLIA;

EID: 77955054583     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.06.017     Document Type: Article

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