Global separation of plant transpiration from groundwater and streamflow

Nature

Volumn 525, Issue 7567, 2015, Pages 91-94

  Evaristo, Jaivime ^a   Jasechko, Scott ^b   McDonnell, Jeffrey J ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; HYDROGEN; OXYGEN; RUNOFF; SOIL WATER; STREAM WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; RAIN; SOIL;

BIOME; CLIMATE MODELING; ECOHYDROLOGY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EVAPORATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; LAND SURFACE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECHARGE; RESERVOIR; SOIL WATER; STREAMWATER; TRANSPIRATION;

ARTICLE; BIOME; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HYDROLOGY; HYDROSPHERE; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SOIL; STREAM (RIVER); STREAMFLOW; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TRANSIT TIME; WATER TRANSPORT; XYLEM; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; PLANT; RIVER; THEORETICAL MODEL;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO CITY; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

ECOSYSTEM; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; PLANTS; RAIN; RIVERS; SOIL; WATER MOVEMENTS; XYLEM;

EID: 84940922423     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature14983     Document Type: Article

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