Maximum entropy production, carbon assimilation, and the spatial organization of vegetation in river basins

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 51, 2012, Pages 20837-20841

  Del Jesus, Manuel ^a,b   Foti, Romano ^a   Rinaldo, Andrea ^c,d   Rodriguez Iturbe, Ignacio ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS INSTITUTE IH CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ecohydrology; Ecology; Vegetation patterns

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANOPY; CARBON FIXATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENTROPY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER BASIN; SOIL MOISTURE; THERMODYNAMICS; VEGETATION;

CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; ENTROPY; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; PLANTS; PROBABILITY; RIVERS; SEASONS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84871383977     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1218636109     Document Type: Article

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