Applications of the water balance approach for estimating plant productivity in arid areas
Lane LJ, Hakonson TE, Bostick KV. 1995. Applications of the water balance approach for estimating plant productivity in arid areas. Pages 335-338. In Roundy BA, McArthur ED, Haley JS, Mann DK (ed): Proceedings: Wildland Shrub and Arid Land Restoration Symposium. Las Vegas, NV. October 19-21, 1993. U.S. Department of Agriculture: Forest Service--Intermountain Research Station. Ogden, UT. General Technical Report INT-GTR-315
Plant productivity is often estimated using precipitation, evapotranspiration, or transpiration as a predictor for plant water use. From these types of data hydrologic models are used to calculate water balance and estimate evapotranspiration and transpiration. The water balance approach accounts for first order environmental effects including climate, hydrology, and soil water dynamics.
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- Conference Proceeding Paper
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- Lane, L.; Hakonson, T.; Bostick, K.
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- DEVA
- Keywords
- above-ground net primary productivity (ANPP), Absence (Biodiversity), Climate, Distribution (Biodiversity), Evapotranspiration (ET), hydrologic models, Hydrology, plant productivity, Potential evapotranspiration (PET), Presence (Biodiversity), Soil water dynamics, Taxa Links To Datasets, Taxa Links To References