Precipitation Partitioning by Vegetation: A Global Synthesis

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This book presents research on precipitation partitioning processes in vegetated ecosystems, putting them into a global context. It describes the processes by which meteoric water comes into contact with the vegetation's canopy, typically the first surface contact of precipitation on land. It also discusses how precipitation partitioning by vegetation impacts the amount, patterning, and chemistry of water reaching the surface, as well as the amount and timing of evaporative return to the atmosphere. Although this process has been extensively studied, this is the first review of the global literature on the partitioning of precipitation by forests, shrubs, crops, grasslands and other less-studies plant types. The authors offer global contextualization combined with a detailed discussion of the impacts for the climate and terrestrial ecohydrological systems. As such, this comprehensive overview is a valuable reference tool for a wide range of specialists and students in the fields of geoscience and the environment. Front Matter ....Pages i-xvii Precipitation Partitioning, or to the Surface and Back Again: Historical Overview of the First Process in the Terrestrial Hydrologic Pathway Open image in new window (John T. Van Stan II, Jan Friesen)....Pages 1-16 Storage and Routing of Precipitation Through Canopies Open image in new window (Anna Klamerus-Iwan, Timothy E. Link, Richard F. Keim, John T. Van Stan II)....Pages 17-34 Evaporative Processes on Vegetation: An Inside Look Open image in new window (Miriam Coenders-Gerrits, Bart Schilperoort, César Jiménez-Rodríguez)....Pages 35-48 A Global Synthesis of Throughfall and Stemflow Hydrometeorology Open image in new window (Seyed Mohammad Moein Sadeghi, D. Alex Gordon, John T. Van Stan II)....Pages 49-70 Things Seen and Unseen in Throughfall and Stemflow Open image in new window (Alexandra G. Ponette-González, John T. Van Stan II, Donát Magyar)....Pages 71-88 Spatial Variability and Temporal Stability of Local Net Precipitation Patterns Open image in new window (John T. Van Stan II, Anke Hildebrandt, Jan Friesen, Johanna C. Metzger, Sandra A. Yankine)....Pages 89-104 Global Modeling of Precipitation Partitioning by Vegetation and Their Applications Open image in new window (Ethan D. Gutmann)....Pages 105-120 Throughfall and Stemflow: The Crowning Headwaters of the Aquatic Carbon Cycle Open image in new window (Aron Stubbins, François Guillemette, John T. Van Stan II)....Pages 121-132 Interactions of Epiphytes with Precipitation Partitioning Open image in new window (Glenda Mendieta-Leiva, Philipp Porada, Maaike Y. Bader)....Pages 133-146 Relevance of Precipitation Partitioning to the Tree Water and Nutrient Balance Open image in new window (Doug P. Aubrey)....Pages 147-162 Role of Precipitation Partitioning in Litter Biogeochemistry Open image in new window (Robert G. Qualls)....Pages 163-182 A Review of the Effects of Throughfall and Stemflow on Soil Properties and Soil Erosion Open image in new window (David Dunkerley)....Pages 183-214 Flow Pathways of Throughfall and Stemflow Through the Subsurface Open image in new window (Jan Friesen)....Pages 215-228 Precipitation Partitioning—Hydrologic Highways Between Microbial Communities of the Plant Microbiome? Open image in new window (John T. Van Stan II, Cindy E. Morris, Kyaw Aung, Yakov Kuzyakov, Donát Magyar, Eria A. Rebollar et al.)....Pages 229-252 Valuing Urban Tree Impacts on Precipitation Partitioning Open image in new window (David J. Nowak, Robert Coville, Theodore Endreny, Reza Abdi, John T. Van Stan II)....Pages 253-268 Key Questions on the Evaporation and Transport of Intercepted Precipitation Open image in new window (Scott T. Allen, Doug P. Aubrey, Maaike Y. Bader, Miriam Coenders-Gerrits, Jan Friesen, Ethan D. Gutmann et al.)....Pages 269-280 Back Matter ....Pages 281-281