Shifts in plant functional types have time-dependent and regionally variable impacts on dryland ecosystem water balance

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1408-1418

  Bradford, John B ^a   Schlaepfer, Daniel R ^b   Lauenroth, William K ^b   Burke, Ingrid C ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Artemisia tridentata; Deep drainage; Ecosystem water balance; Evapotranspiration; Plant soil (below ground) interactions; Water yield

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ECOHYDROLOGY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER BUDGET; WOODY PLANT; ARID REGION; DICOTYLEDON; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; INTERCEPTION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SHRUB; SOIL DRAINAGE; STEPPE; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR; TRANSITION ZONE; TRANSPIRATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

NORTH AMERICA;

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA;

EID: 84920286028     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12289     Document Type: Article

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