Papers Published

1. Rodriguez-Iturbe, I. and Porporato, A. and Laio, F. and Ridolfi, L., Intensive or extensive use of soil moisture: Plant strategies to cope with stochastic water availability, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 28 no. 23 (2001), pp. 4495 - 4497 [2001GL012905] .
   (last updated on 2007/04/09)

   Abstract:
   Some plants rely on a dependable winter recharge, as opposed to others that quickly respond to the intermittent and uncertain rainfall during the growing season. Using a stochastic model for the soil moisture process and a quantitative measure of plant water stress, we find climate, soil, and vegetation characteristics leading to the dominance or possible coexistence of these two strategies of water use.

   Keywords:
   Soils;Stress analysis;Vegetation;Random processes;Mathematical models;