Hydrologic processes on tree islands in the Everglades (Florida, USA): Tracking the effects of tree establishment and growth

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 367-378

  Sullivan, Pamela L ^a   Price, René M ^a   Ross, Michael S ^a   Scinto, Leonard J ^a   Stoffella, Susana L ^a   Cline, Eric ^b   Dreschel, Thomas W ^b   Sklar, Fred H ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EVERGLADES DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

Everglades; Groundwater evapotranspiration; Groundwater surface water relations; Tree islands; USA

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGY; ISLAND; PEATLAND; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; TRACKING; TREE; VEGETATION COVER; WATER TABLE;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; LOXAHATCHEE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952053384     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: 14350157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-010-0691-0     Document Type: Article

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