Ecohydrology of Agroecosystems: Quantitative Approaches Towards Sustainable Irrigation

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 298-318

  Vico, Giulia ^a   Porporato, Amilcare ^b,c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Duke University   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Irrigation; Rainfall unpredictability; Stochastic soil water balance; Sustainability; Water productivity; Yield

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; HYDROLOGY; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 84939459801     PISSN: 00928240     EISSN: 15229602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11538-014-9988-9     Document Type: Article

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