Responses of evapotranspiration at different topographic positions and catchment water balance following a pronounced drought in a mixed species eucalypt forest, Australia

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 440-441, Issue , 2012, Pages 62-74

  Mitchell, Patrick J ^a   Benyon, Richard G ^a   Lane, Patrick N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Catchment water balance; Eucalypt forest; Evapotranspiration; Montane forest; Sap flow; Soil water storage

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT WATER BALANCE; EUCALYPT FOREST; MONTANE FORESTS; SAP FLOW; SOIL WATER STORAGE;

CATCHMENTS; DROUGHT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; RAIN; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; STREAM FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

FORESTRY;

BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE EFFECT; DROUGHT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; EVERGREEN FOREST; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MONTANE FOREST; NATIVE SPECIES; SAP FLOW; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAMFLOW; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TRANSPIRATION; WATER BUDGET; WATER STORAGE; WATER USE; WATER YIELD;

AUSTRALIA; DROUGHT; EUCALYPTUS; EVAPORATION; MOISTURE CONTENT; RAIN; RUNOFF; SOIL; STREAM FLOW; TRANSPIRATION; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84860348835     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.03.026     Document Type: Article

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