Fertilization effects on the ecohydrology of a southern California annual grassland

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Parolari, A J ^a   Goulden, M L ^b   Bras, R L ^c  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOIL MOISTURE; WATER SUPPLY;

ANNUAL GRASSLAND; AREA-BASED; CANOPY DEVELOPMENT; CANOPY PHYSIOLOGY; DRYLAND; ECO-HYDROLOGY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION MODELS; FERTILIZATION EXPERIMENT; GROWING SEASON; HYDRAULIC CONSTRAINTS; HYDRAULIC FEEDBACK; IN-CONTROL; LEAF AREA INDEX; LEAF GAS EXCHANGE; PLANT WATER; SOIL VEGETATION ATMOSPHERES; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; WATER AND ENERGIES;

NITROGEN;

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; ECOHYDROLOGY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GAS EXCHANGE; GRASSLAND; GROWING SEASON; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LEAF AREA INDEX; NITROGEN; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; WATER VAPOR;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861324008     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL051411     Document Type: Article

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