Hydrologic dynamics and ecosystem structure. Conference Paper

abstract

• Ecohydrology is the science that studies the mutual interaction between the hydrological cycle and ecosystems. Such an interaction is especially intense in water-controlled ecosystems, where water may be a limiting factor, not only because of its scarcity, but also because of its intermittent and unpredictable appearance. Hydrologic dynamics is shown to be a crucial factor for ecological patterns and processes. The probabilistic structure of soil moisture in time and space is presented as the key linkage between soil, climate and vegetation dynamics. Nutrient cycles, vegetation coexistence and plant response to environmental conditions are all intimately linked to the stochastic fluctuation of the hydrologic inputs driving an ecosystem.

authors

• Rodriguez-Iturbe, Ignacio

published proceedings

• Water Sci Technol

author list (cited authors)

• Rodrguez-Iturbe, I.

citation count

• 10

complete list of authors

• Rodríguez-Iturbe, I

publication date

• March 2003

publisher

• IWA Publishing  Publisher

published in

• Water Science and Technology  Journal

keywords

• Climate
• Ecosystem
• Models, Theoretical
• Nitrogen
• Phosphorus
• Plants
• Population Dynamics
• Soil
• Water Movements
• Water Supply

PubMed Central ID

• 12731767

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.2166/wst.2003.0347

start page

• 18

end page

• 24

volume

• 47

issue

• 6

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.2003.0347

user-defined tag

• 6 Clean Water and Sanitation