The effects of soil organic matter on soil water retention and plant water use in a meadow of the Sierra Nevada, CA

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 891-901

  Ankenbauer, Kyle J ^a   Loheide, Steven P ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

organic matter; root water uptake; soil water retention; transpiration

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOIL MOISTURE; TRANSPIRATION;

GROUNDWATER DEPENDENT ECOSYSTEMS; HYDROLOGIC IMPACTS; PHYSICALLY BASED; ROOT-WATER UPTAKE; SOIL ORGANIC CONTENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SOIL WATER RETENTION; VARIABLY SATURATED;

SOILS;

MEADOW; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL WATER; TRANSPIRATION; WATER RETENTION; WATER UPTAKE;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85006511615     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.11070     Document Type: Article

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