TY - GEN
T1 - Ecohydrology and the Critical Zone
T2 - Processes and Patterns Across Scales
AU - Moore, Georgianne
AU - McGuire, Kevin
AU - Troch, Peter
AU - Barron-Gafford, Greg
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Ecohydrology is concerned with the effects of hydrological processes on the distribution, structure, and function of ecosystems, and with the effects of biotic processes on elements of the water cycle (Nuttle, 2002). At the heart of ecohydrology is soil and soil moisture. Thus, only by understanding how the distribution and patterns of plants within the soil affect soil moisture-driven, Critical Zone processes will it be possible to decipher the Earth System. This effort begins with the root-soil-rock interface at the pore scale and extends to the vegetation-atmosphere boundary at global scales. This chapter focuses on the ecohydrology of both energy- and water-limited environments and on the feedbacks between vegetation and water across patch, hillslope, and catchment scales.
AB - Ecohydrology is concerned with the effects of hydrological processes on the distribution, structure, and function of ecosystems, and with the effects of biotic processes on elements of the water cycle (Nuttle, 2002). At the heart of ecohydrology is soil and soil moisture. Thus, only by understanding how the distribution and patterns of plants within the soil affect soil moisture-driven, Critical Zone processes will it be possible to decipher the Earth System. This effort begins with the root-soil-rock interface at the pore scale and extends to the vegetation-atmosphere boundary at global scales. This chapter focuses on the ecohydrology of both energy- and water-limited environments and on the feedbacks between vegetation and water across patch, hillslope, and catchment scales.
KW - Catchment water balance
KW - Energy-limited
KW - Evapotranspiration
KW - Hillslope morphology
KW - Vegetation change
KW - Water-limited
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U2 - 10.1016/B978-0-444-63369-9.00008-2
DO - 10.1016/B978-0-444-63369-9.00008-2
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 9780444633699
T3 - Developments in Earth Surface Processes
SP - 239
EP - 266
BT - Developments in Earth Surface Processes, 2015
A2 - Houser, Chris
A2 - Giardino, John R.
PB - Elsevier
ER -