A multi-year study of rainfall and soil water controls on Scots pine transpiration under Mediterranean mountain conditions

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 3053-3064

  Llorens, P ^a   Poyatos, R ^b   Latron, J ^a   Delgado, J ^a   Oliveras, I ^c   Gallart, F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drought; Mediterranean area; Pinus sylvestris; Soil water content; Transpiration; Water table depth

Indexed keywords

AVAILABLE WATER; CATCHMENT SCALE; DEEP WATER; DROUGHT CONDITIONS; IBERIAN PENINSULA; INTERANNUAL; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MEDITERRANEAN AREAS; MOUNTAIN CATCHMENTS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; RAINFALL ANOMALY; RAINFALL DATA; RAINFALL EVENT; SCOTS PINE; SCOTS PINE STANDS; SOIL PROFILES; SOIL WATER; SOIL WATER CONTENT; SUMMER DROUGHTS; TRANSPIRATION RATES; WATER TABLE DEPTH; WATER TABLE DEPTHS; WATER TABLES;

AQUIFERS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CATCHMENTS; DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; DROUGHT; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; RAIN; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; TRANSPIRATION; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER CONTENT;

WATER RESOURCES;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CATCHMENT; DROUGHT; FOREST COVER; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MOUNTAIN REGION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; RESEARCH WORK; SOIL WATER; TRANSPIRATION; TREE; WATER COLUMN;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 78649524941     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7720     Document Type: Article

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