Ecohydrological responses to multifactor global change in a tallgrass prairie: A modeling analysis

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Bell, Jesse Eugene ^a   Weng, Ensheng ^a   Luo, Yiqi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; ECOHYDROLOGY; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EVAPORATION; GLOBAL WARMING; MOISTURE CONTENT; NITROGEN CYCLE; OPTIMIZATION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PRAIRIE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RHIZOSPHERE; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TRANSPIRATION; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 78650938038     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JG001120     Document Type: Article

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