Root water uptake: From three-dimensional biophysical processes to macroscopic modeling approaches

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Javaux, Mathieu ^a,b   Couvreur, Valentin ^b   Vanderborght, Jan ^a   Vereecken, Harry ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICAL PROCESS; COMPENSATION FUNCTIONS; HYDRAULIC ARCHITECTURE; HYDRAULIC RESISTANCES; PROCESS DESCRIPTIONS; SIMPLIFYING ASSUMPTIONS; SOIL HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL;

PLANTS (BOTANY); SOIL MOISTURE; STRESSES; TRANSPIRATION;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COMPENSATION; HOMOGENEITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RICHARDS EQUATION; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL WATER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRANSPIRATION; WATER STRESS; WATER UPTAKE; XYLEM;

EID: 84887688464     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2013.02.0042     Document Type: Article

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