The role of precipitation variability on the ecohydrology of grasslands

Ecohydrology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 337-345

  Petrie, M D ^a   Brunsell, N A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Land atmosphere interactions; Low dimensional modelling; Temporal scaling

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLUXES; CLIMATE FORCINGS; DRIVING VARIABLES; ECO-HYDROLOGY; ECOSYSTEM PROCESS; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; GRASSLAND ECOSYSTEMS; GROWING SEASON; LOW-DIMENSIONAL MODELLING; PRECIPITATION EVENTS; PRECIPITATION VARIABILITY; SOIL MOISTURE AVAILABILITY; TEMPORAL SCALE; TEMPORAL SCALING; TEMPORAL SENSITIVITY; TIME-SCALES;

CARBON; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE FORCING; ECOHYDROLOGY; GRASSLAND; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84856532094     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.224     Document Type: Article

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