Abstract
Mountainous ecosystems in headwater catchments play an important role in water resources, particularly in western United States, influencing snow accumulation/melting and water partitioning. Characterizing ecosystem functioning is, however, difficult due to extreme heterogeneity in topography as well as hydrological and pedological properties that influence plant communities and their dynamics. To gain a predictive understanding of how ecosystems evolve under climate change, it is critical to characterize the heterogeneity of plant communities and to quantify the influence of key environmental variables such as topography and soil moisture. In this study, we take advantages of spatial extensive datasets such as geophysical and remote sensing (RS) techniques to improve our understanding of critical interactions between above-ground plant community distribution and dynamic, and subsurface properties.
Original language | English |
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Pages | 2647-2651 |
Number of pages | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2019 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | 88th Society of Exploration Geophysicists International Exposition and Annual Meeting, SEG 2018 - Anaheim, United States Duration: Oct 14 2018 → Oct 19 2018 |
Conference
Conference | 88th Society of Exploration Geophysicists International Exposition and Annual Meeting, SEG 2018 |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | Anaheim |
Period | 10/14/18 → 10/19/18 |
Funding
This material is based upon work supported as part of the Watershed Function Scientific Focus Area funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Biological and Environmental Research under Award Number DE-AC02-05CH11231.
Funders | Funder number |
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Office of Biological and Environmental Research | |
U.S. Department of Energy | |
Office of Science | |
Office of Environment and Science | DE-AC02-05CH11231 |
Watershed Watch Salmon Society |