Vegetation as affected by groundwater depth and microtopography in a shallow aquifer area of the Great Basin

Ecohydrology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 54-63

  Mata Gonzalez R ^a   Mclendon, T ^b   Martin, D W ^c   Trlica, M J ^d   Pearce, R A ^e  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Los Angeles Department of Water and Power ^*  (United States)

^c LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER   (United States)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^e USDA NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

Desert vegetation; Ecohydrology; Owens Valley; Relative elevation; Shallow aquifer; Water table depth

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; LANDFORMS; VEGETATION;

ECO-HYDROLOGY; OWENS VALLEYS; RELATIVE ELEVATION; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; WATER TABLE DEPTHS;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER; DEEP WATER; ECOHYDROLOGY; GROUNDWATER; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; VEGETATION COVER; WATER TABLE;

CALIFORNIA; GREAT BASIN; OWENS VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX TORREYI; ATRIPLEX TRIDENTATA; DISTICHLIS SPICATA; ERICAMERIA NAUSEOSA; JUNCUS ARCTICUS; LEYMUS TRITICOIDES; SARCOBATUS VERMICULATUS; SPOROBOLUS AIROIDES;

EID: 84856581658     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.196     Document Type: Article

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