Ecohydrology of Dry Regions: Storage versus Pulse Soil Water Dynamics

Ecosystems

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1469-1479

  Lauenroth, W K ^a   Schlaepfer, D R ^a   Bradford, J B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

grassland; pulse; semiarid; shrubland; storage; water balance

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; ECOHYDROLOGY; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRASS; HYDRODYNAMICS; SEASONALITY; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUBLAND; SOIL WATER; WATER BUDGET; WATER STORAGE;

GREAT PLAINS; UNITED STATES;

POACEAE;

EID: 84920264769     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-014-9808-y     Document Type: Article

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