What limits evaporation from Mediterranean oak woodlands – The supply of moisture in the soil,physiological control by plants or the demand by the atmosphere? |
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Authors: | Dennis D. Baldocchi Liukang Xu |
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Affiliation: | Ecosystem Sciences Division, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, 137 Mulford Hall, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States |
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Abstract: | The prediction of evaporation from Mediterranean woodland ecosystems is complicated by an array of climate, soil and plant factors. To provide a mechanistic and process-oriented understanding, we evaluate theoretical and experimental information on water loss of Mediterranean oaks at three scales, the leaf, tree and woodland. We use this knowledge to address: what limits evaporation from Mediterranean oak woodlands – the supply of moisture in the soil, physiological control by plants or the demand by the atmosphere? |
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Keywords: | Evaporation Ecohydrology Savanna Transpiration Quercus douglasii |
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