Ecohydrology in semiarid urban ecosystems: Modeling the relationship between connected impervious area and ecosystem productivity

Water Resources Research

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 302-319

  Shields, Catherine ^a,b   Tague, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

connectivity; ecohydrology; hydrologic modeling; semiarid; urban

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE MODELS; DRAINAGE; ECOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; VEGETATION; WATERSHEDS;

CONNECTIVITY; ECO-HYDROLOGY; HYDROLOGIC MODELING; SEMIARID; URBAN;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE FORCING; CONNECTIVITY; ECOHYDROLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEMIARID REGION; TRANSPIRATION; URBAN AREA; URBAN DRAINAGE; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; WATERSHED;

CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SANTA BARBARA BASIN;

POACEAE;

EID: 85028166189     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014WR016108     Document Type: Article

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