Effects of lateral hydrological processes on photosynthesis and evapotranspiration in a boreal ecosystem

Ecohydrology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 394-410

  Govind, Ajit ^a,b   Chen, Jing Ming ^b   Mcdonnell, Jeffery ^c   Kumari, Jyothi ^a   Sonnentag, Oliver ^d  

^a BORDEAUX SCIENCES AGRO   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boreal ecosystems; Ecophysiological and hydrological coupling; Evapotranspiration; Gross primary productivity; Hydrological conceptualizations; Spatially explicit hydroecological modelling

Indexed keywords

BOREAL ECOSYSTEMS; ECOPHYSIOLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL COUPLING; GROSS PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL CONCEPTUALIZATIONS; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRODUCTIVITY; SOILS; USER INTERFACES; WATER SUPPLY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ECOHYDROLOGY; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RHIZOSPHERE; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WATER BUDGET;

EID: 79956215594     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.141     Document Type: Article

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