Measurement of actual evapotranspiration in a páramo ecosystem using portable closed chambers: Comparison between giant rosettes, tussock grasses and shrubs

• Published in: Ecohydrology
• Main Authors: Meyers, Barbara, Gutiérrez‐Lagoueyte, María Elena, Tobón, Conrado
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Calamagrostis; Espeletia; evapotranspiration; high altitude ecosystem; Penman–Monteith; Pentacalia; stomatal conductance; Eta; Tundra
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.2525; http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gldocs-11858/11352

Abstract The páramos are Neotropical alpine tundra‐like ecosystems that play a crucial role as biodiversity hotspots and also act as water sources for the inter‐Andean regions and cities. Improving our understanding of hydrological processes, here evapotranspiration, is crucial, especially in the co...