In drought and heavy rains, ecosystems function like information communication networks
29 Aug 2018
News Source: National Science Foundation
Connectivity explains ecosystem responses to extreme events
How is a telecommunications network like an ecosystem?
Tree canopies and the running streams below, or coral reefs and the ocean waters that flow around them, are interconnected components of a larger whole: an ecosystem. These ecosystem parts are in communication with one another, scientists have learned, via signals transmitted among earth, air and water.
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IML, INVESTIGATOR
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IML, GRAD STUDENT
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Reynolds, Sierra, INVESTIGATOR, COLLABORATOR
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Gerald N. Flerchinger - Northwest Watershed Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture
Publications
2018
Dynamic process connectivity explains ecohydrologic responses to rainfall pulses and drought. Goodwell, A.E., Kumar, P., Fellows, A.W., and Flerchinger, G.N. (2018): PNAS 115 (37) E8604-E8613
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