Effect of plant uptake strategy on the water-optimal root depth

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Guswa, A J ^a  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANGING CLIMATE; CLIMATE CONDITION; DRY CONDITION; EXPLANATORY POWER; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT UPTAKE; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; POTENTIAL TRANSPIRATION; PRECIPITATION DEPTHS; RAINFALL FREQUENCY; SOIL PROPERTY; VEGETATION TYPE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; OPTIMIZATION; TRANSPIRATION; VEGETATION;

CLIMATE MODELS;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEPTH DETERMINATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OPTIMIZATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; ROOT ARCHITECTURE; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL PROPERTY; TRANSPIRATION; VEGETATION TYPE; WATER UPTAKE;

EID: 77956508744     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010WR009122     Document Type: Article

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