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Rainfall partitioning in
semi-arid shrubs and its ecological implications
Eva was PhD
Student at the Estacion Experimental de Zonas Aridas (CSIC) in Almería,
Spain. She obtained a UFZ guest scientists grand to work for 10 months in
Leipzig on the final analysis of her model that simulates rainfall
partitioning of semi-arid shrubs. Eva successfully defended her thesis in
March 2006.
PhD project
The objective of the doctoral study of Eva was
to investigate the role of canopy structure, rainfall intensity, and
duration of rainfall in rainfall partitioning, separating canopy drip and
stemflow. After extensive analyses of her experimental data she develops a
dynamic model capable to simulate the three main fluxes (canopy drip,
stemflow and interception loss). This model would be applied to the three
main species (Retama sphaerocarpa, Anthyllis citysoides and
Stipa tenacissima) growing in the Rambla Honda Field Site.
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