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Eco-Hydrology
Author(s): Andrew J. Baird (Editor), Robert L. Wilby
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publication Date: June 10, 1999
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 420 pages
- ISBN-10: 0415162734
- ISBN-13: 9780415162739
Book Description
^iEco-Hydrology is the first book to offer an overview of the complex relationships between plants and water across a wide range of terrestrial and aquatic environments. Leading ecologists and hydrologists present reviews of the eco-hydrology of drylands, wetlands, temperate and tropical rain forests, streams, and rivers and lakes. Contents include: * background information on the water relations of plants, from individual cells to strands of plants * the role of mathematical models in eco-hydrology * explanations of how plants affect patterns and rates of water movement and storage in a range of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.
Editorial Reviews
Review
`…Fills a much needed market.’ – – Dr David Gilvear, Stirling University
About the Author
Andrew J. Baird, Robert L. Wilby