Rainfall seasonality and an ecohydrological feedback offset the potential impact of climate warming on evapotranspiration and groundwater recharge

Water Resources Research

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1308-1321

  Pangle, Luke A ^a   Gregg, Jillian W ^b   McDonnell, Jeffrey J ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Terrestrial Ecosystems Research Associates   (United States)

^c University of Saskatchewan   (Canada)

Author keywords

climate change; ecohydrology; grassland; manipulative chamber experiment; Mediterranean climate; soil moisture

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; EXPERIMENTS; HYDROLOGY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS; TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION;

CHAMBER EXPERIMENTS; ECO-HYDROLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS; GRASSLAND; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES; TEMPERATURE TREATMENTS;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOHYDROLOGY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GRASSLAND; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROWING SEASON; MESOCOSM; RAINFALL; RECHARGE; SEASONALITY; VADOSE ZONE; VEGETATION; WATER BUDGET;

EID: 84893907734     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2012WR013253     Document Type: Article

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