Fog interception by Ball moss (Tillandsia recurvata)

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2509-2518

  Guevara Escobar, A ^a   Cervantes Jimenez M ^a   Suzan Azpiri H ^a   Gonzalez Sosa E ^a   Hernandez Sandoval L ^a   Malda Barrera, G ^a   Martinez Diaz M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE QUERÉTARO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL RAINFALL; BIOMASS MEASUREMENTS; CONTROLLED CONDITIONS; DRY WEIGHT; EVAPORATION LOSS; FOG DRIP; FOG INTERCEPTION; HIGHER WEIGHT; INTERCEPTION LOSS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LEAF SURFACES; MONTANE FORESTS; PLANT COMMUNITIES; SATURATION CONDITIONS; SEMI-ARID REGION; STORAGE CAPACITY; UPPER BOUND; WATER BUDGET; WATER SOURCE; WATER STORAGE CAPACITY; WATER YIELD;

ARID REGIONS; CARBON DIOXIDE; EVAPORATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; RAIN; WATER VAPOR; WETTING;

FOG;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; EPIPHYTE; EVAPORATION; FOG; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; INTERCEPTION; JUVENILE; LABORATORY METHOD; MONOCOTYLEDON; MONTANE FOREST; PHYTOMASS; RECHARGE; SHRUB; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; STORM; WATER BUDGET; WATER VAPOR;

ACACIA FARNESIANA; BRYOPHYTA; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS LAEVIGATA; TILLANDSIA; TILLANDSIA RECURVATA;

EID: 80051706723     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-15-2509-2011     Document Type: Article

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