Ecohydrological implications of drought for forests in the United States

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 380, Issue , 2016, Pages 335-345

  Vose, James M ^a   Miniat, Chelcy Ford ^a   Luce, Charles H ^b   Asbjornsen, Heidi ^c   Caldwell, Peter V ^a   Campbell, John L ^a   Grant, Gordon E ^d   Isaak, Daniel J ^b   Loheide, Steven P ^e   Sun, Ge ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^e University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Management options; Streamflow; Transpiration; Water balance; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FLOW OF WATER; GROUNDWATER; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); REFORESTATION; STREAM FLOW; SURFACE WATERS; TRANSPIRATION; VEGETATION; WATER QUALITY;

GROUND WATER RECHARGE; HYDROLOGIC RESPONSE; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; MANAGEMENT OPTIONS; NATURAL DISTURBANCE; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL SCALE; SPECIES COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURES; WATER BALANCE;

FORESTRY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT STRESS; ECOHYDROLOGY; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGROWTH; STREAMFLOW; THINNING; TOLERANCE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATER BUDGET; WATER QUALITY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WATERSHED;

UNITED STATES;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 84961226077     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2016.03.025     Document Type: Article

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