Watering the forest for the trees: An emerging priority for managing water in forest landscapes

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 314-321

  Grant, Gordon E ^a   Tague, Christina L ^b   Allen, Craig D ^c  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT STRESS; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; FOREST COVER; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; IRRIGATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MORTALITY; PRIORITIZATION; SELECTIVE BREEDING; THINNING; TRADE-OFF; VULNERABILITY; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER STRESS;

EID: 84881459862     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/120209     Document Type: Article

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