Tree species suitability to bioswales and impact on the urban water budget

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 199-206

  Scharenbroch, Bryant C ^a,b   Morgenroth, Justin ^c   Maule, Brian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

^b MORTON ARBORETUM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^d NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; DIGITAL STORAGE; FORESTRY; RUNOFF; TRANSPIRATION;

CRITICAL COMPONENT; FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY; GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; URBAN STORMWATER; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER SENSITIVE URBAN DESIGNS;

TREES (MATHEMATICS);

SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STORM WATER; WATER;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NONHUMAN; PH; PLANT LEAF; SOIL MOISTURE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TREE; TREE GROWTH; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WATER FLOW; SOIL; WASTE WATER;

MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; SOIL; TREES; WASTE WATER; WATER; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84957541602     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2015.01.0060     Document Type: Article

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