Plant water uptake strategies to cope with stochastic rainfall

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 53, Issue , 2013, Pages 118-130

  Tron, Stefania ^a   Laio, Francesco ^a   Ridolfi, Luca ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Plant roots; Stochastic rainfall; Vegetation; Water uptake

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION EFFECTS; HUMID CLIMATES; HYDRAULIC ARCHITECTURE; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT WATER; RANDOM CONDITION; ROOT SYSTEM; SEMI-ARID CLIMATE; SOIL LAYER; SOIL WATER; STOMATAL RESPONSE; WATER REDISTRIBUTION; WATER STRESS; WATER UPTAKE;

RAIN; RANDOM PROCESSES; SOIL MOISTURE; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; VEGETATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

HYDRAULIC STRUCTURE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAINFALL; ROOT SYSTEM; STOCHASTICITY; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; VEGETATION COVER; WATER UPTAKE; XYLEM;

EID: 84871389035     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2012.10.007     Document Type: Article

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