Modeling soilwater dynamics and pasture growth in the montado ecosystem using MOHID land

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2018, Pages

  Simionesei, Lucian ^a   Ramos, Tiago B ^a   Oliveira, Ana R ^a   Jongen, Marjan ^a,b   Darouich, Hanaa ^c   Weber, Kirsten ^a   Proença, Vânia ^a   Domingos, Tiago ^a   Neves, Ramiro ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biomass; Climate variability; Land degradation; Soil water balance; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; CLIMATOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; SOIL MOISTURE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; IBERIAN PENINSULA; LAND DEGRADATION; PASTURE MANAGEMENT; SOIL WATER BALANCE; SOIL WATER CONTENT; SOIL WATER DYNAMICS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CARRYING CAPACITY; CLIMATE VARIATION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FARMING SYSTEM; GRAZING PRESSURE; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; LAND DEGRADATION; PASTURE; SAVANNA; SOIL WATER; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER BUDGET; WOODLAND;

ALENTEJO; IBERIAN PENINSULA; PORTUGAL;

EID: 85045734628     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w10040489     Document Type: Article

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