Ecohydrological modeling in agroecosystems: Examples and challenges

Water Resources Research

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 5081-5099

  Porporato, A ^a   Feng, X ^a   Manzoni, S ^b   Mau, Y ^a   Parolari, A J ^a   Vico, G ^c  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

agricultural systems; ecohydrology; irrigation; nutrient cycling; phytoremediation; salinization

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOREMEDIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; IRRIGATION; NUTRIENTS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES;

AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM; ECO-HYDROLOGY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHYTOREMEDIATION; SALINIZATION;

ECOSYSTEMS;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; ECOHYDROLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; IRRIGATION; NATURAL RESOURCE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NONLINEARITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHYTOREMEDIATION; RISK FACTOR; SALINIZATION; SOIL WATER; STOCHASTICITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84939444310     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015WR017289     Document Type: Article

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