A comparative study of the water budgets of lawns under three management scenarios

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 1095-1117

  Bijoor, Neeta S ^a   Pataki, Diane E ^b   Haver, Darren ^c   Famiglietti, James S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Evapotranspiration; Soil moisture; Turfgrass; Urban irrigation; Urban water budget

Indexed keywords

CAREX VERNACULA; PASPALUM; POACEAE;

EID: 84944865510     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-014-0361-4     Document Type: Article

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