Quantifying regional scale ecosystem response to changes in precipitation: Not all rain is created equal

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Brooks, Paul D ^a   Troch, Peter A ^a   Durcik, Matej ^a   Gallo, Erika ^a   Schlegel, Melissa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; CRITICAL STEPS; DIFFERENTIAL SENSITIVITY; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; LAND-COVER CHANGE; NEGATIVE SLOPE; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; REGIONAL SCALE; VEGETATION CHANGE; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION GREENNESS; VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY; VEGETATION TYPE; WATER AND ENERGIES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; PRODUCTIVITY; RAIN; REMOTE SENSING; RUNOFF; SURFACE DISCHARGES; VEGETATION; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY; WETTING;

CATCHMENTS;

CARBON BALANCE; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOHYDROLOGY; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOREST COVER; GRASSLAND; NDVI; PARTITIONING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRIMARY PRODUCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER FLOW; WATER RESOURCE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960861126     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010WR009762     Document Type: Article

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