Deep soil moisture storage and transpiration in forests and pastures of seasonally-dry amazonia

• Published in: Climatic change Vol. 39; no. 2-3; pp. 395 - 412
• Main Authors: Jipp, P.H. (Duke Univ., Durham, NC (USA). Nicholas School of the Environment), Nepstad, D.C, Cassel, D.K, Carvalho, C.R. De
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Nature B.V 01.07.1998
• Subjects: BALANCE HIDRICO DEL SUELO; BILAN HYDRIQUE DU SOL; Biodiversity; Biomass; BOSQUE SECUNDARIO; BOSQUE TROPICAL; Clay; Climate; Climate change; Drainage; Drought; Dry season; Ecosystems; El Nino; ESTACIONES DEL ANO; Evapotranspiration; Forests; FORET SECONDAIRE; FORET TROPICALE; Land use; PASTIZALES; Pasture; PASTURES; PATURAGES; PERIODICIDAD; PERIODICITE; PERIODICITY; Precipitation; Rain; Rainy season; SAISON; SEASONS; SECONDARY FORESTS; Soil moisture; SOIL WATER BALANCE; Soils; Southern Oscillation; TRANSPIRACION; TRANSPIRATION; TROPICAL FORESTS; Water balance; Water content; Water uptake; Amazonia, Brazil; South America, Amazonia
• ISSN: 0165-0009; 1573-1480
• DOI: 10.1023/a:1005308930871

To assess the impacts of land-use changes on plant-available water (PAM and evapotranspiration (ET), volumetric water content (VWC) was measured to 8 m beneath three, adjacent ecosystems for four years (1991-1994). Estimates of PAW, ET, and deep drainage were generated for mature evergreen forest, adjacent pasture, and capoeira (second-growth forest on abandoned pasture land).