Ecohydrol Water-cont Ecosys: Soil Moisture and Plant Dynamics
Cambridge University Press, 8/21/2008
EAN 9780521036740, ISBN10: 0521036747
Paperback, 464 pages, 24.4 x 17 x 2.7 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English
Ecohydrology of Water-Controlled Ecosystems addresses the connections between the hydrologic cycle and plant ecosystems, with special emphasis on arid and semi-arid climates. This important topic is treated by building suitable mathematical models of the physics involved and then applying them to study the ecosystem structure and its response to rainfall and climate forcing in different parts of the world, including savannas, grasslands and forests. It investigates the vegetation response to water stress (drought), the hydrologic control on cycles of soil nutrients, and the dynamics of plant competition for water. The book also offers insights into processes closely related to soil moisture dynamics, such as soil-atmosphere interaction and soil gas emissions. This book will appeal to advanced students and researchers from a large range of disciplines, including environmental science, hydrology, ecology, earth science, civil and environmental engineering, agriculture and atmospheric science.
Foreword Gabriel Katul
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Stochastic soil moisture dynamics and water balance
3. Crossing properties of soil moisture dynamics
4. Plant water stress
5. Applications to natural ecosystems
6. Coupled dynamics of photosynthesis, transpiration and soil water balance
from hourly to growing-season time scale
7. Plant strategies and water use
8. Seasonal and interannual fluctuations in soil moisture dynamics
9. Spatial scale issues in soil moisture dynamics
10. Hydrologic controls on nutrient cycles
11. Hydrologic variability and ecosystem structure
References
Species index
Subject index.