Separación global de la transpiración de las plantas de las aguas subterráneas y del flujo de las corrientes

Jaivime Evaristo1, Scott Jasechko2, Jeffrey J McDonnell1,3,4

  • 1Global Institute for Water Security and School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 3H5, Canada.

Nature
|September 4, 2015
PubMed
Resumen

La separación ecohidrológica, en la que el uso del agua de las plantas es distinto de las fuentes de agua subterránea y de los arroyos, está muy extendida en todo el mundo. Esto desafía los modelos actuales de superficie terrestre al revelar agua subterránea compartimentada.

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