Permafrost thaw affects boreal deciduous plant transpiration through increased soil water, deeper thaw, and warmer soils

Ecohydrology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 982-997

  Cable, Jessica M ^a   Ogle, Kiona ^b   Bolton, W Robert ^a   Bentley, Lisa P ^c   Romanovsky, Vladimir ^a   Iwata, Hiroki ^d   Harazono, Yoshinobu ^a,e   Welker, Jeffrey ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Active layer; Bayesian; Boreal ecohydrology; Interior Alaska; Soil water storage; Stomatal conductance

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOIL MOISTURE; THAWING; TRANSPIRATION;

ACTIVE LAYER; BAYESIAN; ECO-HYDROLOGY; SOIL WATER STORAGE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE;

PERMAFROST;

ACTIVE LAYER; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECIDUOUS TREE; ECOHYDROLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PERMAFROST; SOIL WATER; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; THAWING; WATER CONTENT; WATER STORAGE;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84902008556     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.1423     Document Type: Article

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