Proposed principles governing how vegetation changes affect transpiration

Ecohydrology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 351-358

  Moore, Georgianne W ^a   Heilman, James L ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy balance; Root depth; Soil water storage; Vegetation characteristics

Indexed keywords

EDAPHIC CONDITIONS; GLOBAL VARIATIONS; LAND COVER; LAND MANAGEMENTS; LAND-USE CHANGE; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; RIO GRANDE; RIPARIAN FORESTS; ROOT DEPTH; ROOTING DEPTHS; SOIL WATER STORAGE; TIME-SCALES; UNDERLYING CAUSE; VEGETATION CHANGE; WATER BALANCE; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; WATER USE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; ENERGY BALANCE; LAND USE; SOIL MOISTURE; TRANSPIRATION; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

VEGETATION;

ENERGY BALANCE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; PARTITIONING; RIPARIAN FOREST; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

PACIFIC NORTHWEST; RIO GRANDE [NORTH AMERICA]; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

PROSOPIS;

EID: 79956190814     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.232     Document Type: Article

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