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@MISC{Publishing_landscapeecology,
author = {Spb Academic Publishing and Marlyn L. Shelton},
title = {Landscape Ecology vol. 1 no. 2 95-105 (1987)},
year = {}
}
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Abstract
Landscape changes in the Central Valley of California, USA, have been dramatic over the past 100 years. Irrigated agriculture has replaced natural communities of California prairie, riparian forest, tule marsh, val- ley oak savannah, and San Joaquin saltbrush. This paper addresses the implication of vegetation change on evapotranspiration as a consequence of these changes. It was found that an increase in irrigated agriculture and a reduction in the aerial extent of native vegetation has not produced significant changes in the moisture transfer to the atmosphere. The apparent reason for this result is that irrigated agriculture has sub- stituted one actively transpiring surface for another and, therefore, has not significantlyaltered the transpira- tion flux of the landscape.
Keyphrases
landscape ecology vol irrigated agriculture val ley oak savannah native vegetation transpira tion flux natural community moisture transfer aerial extent california prairie central valley vegetation change significant change landscape change san joaquin saltbrush tule marsh riparian forest apparent reason
