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water potential — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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water potential

Scope: hydrology

Papers: 3 | Mentions: 5

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 71 entities)

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Knowledge graph centered on water potential with 71 nodes and 150 connections. Top connected: Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Gothic, Crested Butte, Artemisia tridentata, Populus tremuloides.

Definition

An integrative measure of how much tension there is in the water column of the xylem, reflecting the ease or difficulty a plant has in transporting water from the soil

Related Terms (2)

xylem pressure potentialplant water potential

Publications (3)

The Impacts of Changing Temperature on Plant Water Use

Depth- and time-resolved distributions of snowmelt-driven hillslope subsurface flow and transport and their contributions to surface waters.

2019Water Resources Research

Photosynthetic responses to a climate-warming manipulation for contrasting meadow species in the Rocky Mountains, Colorado, USA

2000Functional Ecology

Related Concepts (10)

groundwater-dependent vegetation drought stress

phenomenon2 shared papers

plant xylem tension

measurement2 shared papers

sediment transport

process1 shared paper

Soil Subsidence

phenomenon1 shared paper

Winter snowpack

resource1 shared paper

Water Consumption

measurement1 shared paper

Capillary break

process1 shared paper

Carbon dioxide absorption

phenomenon1 shared paper

Dissolved solids concentration

measurement1 shared paper

groundwater hydrology

process1 shared paper

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Symphoricarpos albus

Caprifoliaceae2 papers

Populus angustifolia

Salicaceae2 papers

Aphaenogaster tridentata

Formicidae2 papers

Artemisia

Asteraceae2 papers

Populus tremuloides

Salicaceae2 papers

Populus

Salicaceae2 papers

Artemisia tridentata

Asteraceae2 papers

Potentilla gracilis

Rosaceae1 paper

Potentilla pulcherrima

Rosaceae1 paper

Cedrus species

Pinaceae1 paper