Quantifying root water extraction by rangeland plants through soil water modeling

Plant and Soil

Volumn 335, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 181-198

  Dong, Xuejun ^a   Patton, Bob D ^a   Nyren, Anne C ^a   Nyren, Paul E ^a   Prunty, Lyle D ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Mixed grass prairie; Richards equation; Root water extraction; Soil water flow; Water stress compensation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTRACTION METHOD; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LEAF AREA INDEX; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRAIRIE; RANGELAND; RICHARDS EQUATION; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL WATER; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; WATER STRESS; WATER UPTAKE; WATER USE;

EID: 77956886642     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-010-0401-7     Document Type: Article

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