Tree root systems competing for soil moisture in a 3D soil-plant model

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 66, Issue , 2014, Pages 32-42

  Manoli, Gabriele ^a,b   Bonetti, Sara ^b   Domec, Jean Christophe ^c,d   Putti, Mario ^a   Katul, Gabriel ^b   Marani, Marco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Ecohydrology; Numerical modeling; Optimal leaf conductance; Photosynthesis; Root water uptake; Trees competition

Indexed keywords

ECO-HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; ECO-HYDROLOGY; LEAF CONDUCTANCES; LEAF WATER POTENTIAL; LOBLOLLY PINE FOREST; ROOT-WATER UPTAKE; SOIL MOISTURE DYNAMICS; SOIL MOISTURE RELATIONS;

FORESTRY; HYDROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOIL MOISTURE; TRANSPIRATION;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ECOHYDROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL MOISTURE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRANSPIRATION; WATER UPTAKE;

CONDUCTIVITY; ECOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; MOISTURE; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS; TRANSPIRATION;

EID: 84896820104     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2014.01.006     Document Type: Article

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