Effect of throughfall variability on recharge: Application to hemlock and deciduous forests in western Massachusetts

Ecohydrology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 563-574

  Guswa, Andrew J ^a   Spence, Caitlin M ^a  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemlock; Modelling; Recharge; Stochastic; Throughfall

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; CANOPY INTERCEPTION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS TREES; FIELD INVESTIGATION; HEMLOCK; HEMLOCK WOOLLY ADELGID; MASSACHUSETTS; MODEL RESULTS; RECHARGE; SPATIAL PATTERNS; STOCHASTIC; STOCHASTIC FRAMEWORK; THROUGHFALL; TRANSPIRATION RATES; TSUGA CANADENSIS; VEGETATION CANOPY; WET AND DRY;

MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TRANSPIRATION; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ECOHYDROLOGY; FOREST CANOPY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RECHARGE; REPLACEMENT; STOCHASTICITY; THROUGHFALL; TRANSPIRATION; VEGETATION COVER;

CONCENTRATES; ECOLOGY; FORESTS; HARDWOODS; HYDROLOGY; MASSACHUSETTS; TRANSPIRATION; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

ACER; ADELGIDAE; CONIUM; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 84867404099     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.281     Document Type: Article

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