Global separation of plant transpiration from groundwater and streamflow

Jaivime Evaristo (), Scott Jasechko and Jeffrey J. McDonnell
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Jaivime Evaristo: Global Institute for Water Security and School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Saskatchewan
Scott Jasechko: University of Calgary
Jeffrey J. McDonnell: Global Institute for Water Security and School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Saskatchewan

Nature, 2015, vol. 525, issue 7567, 91-94

Abstract: Soil water is usually assumed to be equally available for all purposes, supplying plant transpiration as well as groundwater and streamflow; however, a study of hydrogen and oxygen isotopes from 47 globally distributed sites shows that in fact the water used by plants tends to be isotopically distinct from the water that feeds streamflow.

Date: 2015
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