Comparative water use by maize, perennial crops, restored prairie, and poplar trees in the US Midwest

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Hamilton, S K ^a   Hussain, M Z ^a   Bhardwaj, A K ^a,b   Basso, B ^a   Robertson, G P ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRAL SOIL SALINITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

biofuels; crops; ecohydrology; evapotranspiration; grasslands; trees; water balance

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CROPS; DROUGHT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; PLANTS (BOTANY); RAIN; RESTORATION; SOILS; WATER SUPPLY;

BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; ECO-HYDROLOGY; GRASSLANDS; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; TREES; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER BALANCE; WATER-USE EFFICIENCY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECIDUOUS TREE; DROUGHT STRESS; ECOHYDROLOGY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENERGY CROP; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GRASS; GROWING SEASON; LAND COVER; MAIZE; NATIVE SPECIES; PERENNIAL PLANT; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRAIRIE; SUCCESSION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER BUDGET; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

MIDWEST; UNITED STATES;

MISCANTHUS; PANICUM VIRGATUM; POACEAE; POPULUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84937459447     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/6/064015     Document Type: Article

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