From random variability to ordered structures: A search for general synthesis in ecohydrology

Ecohydrology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 333-342

  Porporato, Amilcare ^a   Rodriguez Iturbe, Ignacio ^b  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCE; ECO-HYDROLOGY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; NON EQUILIBRIUM THERMODYNAMICS; ORDERED STRUCTURES; RANDOM VARIABILITY; SOIL AND WATER;

HYDROLOGY; INFORMATION THEORY; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

WATER RESOURCES;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECOHYDROLOGY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GEOSTATISTICS; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; THEORETICAL STUDY; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84879363854     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.1400     Document Type: Article

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