Climatic, ecophysiological, and phenological controls on plant ecohydrological strategies in seasonally dry ecosystems

Ecohydrology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 660-681

  Vico, Giulia ^a   Thompson, Sally E ^b   Manzoni, Stefano ^a,c   Molini, Annalisa ^d   Albertson, John D ^e,f   Almeida Cortez, Jarcilene S ^g   Fay, Philip A ^h   Feng, Xue ^e   Guswa, Andrew J ⁱ   Liu, Hu ^j,k   Wilson, Tiffany G ^e   Porporato, Amilcare ^e,f  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Berkeley   (United States)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^e Duke University   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^h U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

ⁱ SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^j INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^k PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Carbon balance; Mediterranean climate; Rainfall variability; Savanna; Seasonally dry ecosystem; Soil moisture; Tropical dry forest; Water stress

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPETITION; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); RAIN; SOIL MOISTURE; TROPICS;

CARBON BALANCE; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES; RAINFALL VARIABILITY; SAVANNA; TROPICAL DRY FOREST; WATER STRESS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

EID: 84931957912     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.1533     Document Type: Article

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