The seasonal origins and ages of water provisioning streams and trees in a tropical montane cloud forest

Burt, Emily I.; Goldsmith, Gregory R.; Cruz-de Hoyos, Roxanne M.; Ccahuana Quispe, Adan Julian; West, A. Joshua

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-4173-2023

Articles | Volume 27, issue 22

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-4173-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-4173-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 27, issue 22

Research article

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21 Nov 2023

Research article |

| 21 Nov 2023

The seasonal origins and ages of water provisioning streams and trees in a tropical montane cloud forest

Emily I. Burt, Gregory R. Goldsmith, Roxanne M. Cruz-de Hoyos, Adan Julian Ccahuana Quispe, and A. Joshua West

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-4173-2023-supplement

Data sets

Stable isotopes of water and seasonal origin indices of precipitation, stream, lysimeter and plant xylem waters Emily Burt, Gregory R. Goldsmith, Roxanne M. Cruz-de Hoyos, Adan Julian Ccahuana Quispe, and Josh West https://doi.org/10.4211/hs.fdfdddbc35494e21ad2dda279f81832b

Short summary

When it rains, water remains in the ground for variable amounts of time before it is taken up by plants or becomes streamflow. Understanding how long water stays in the ground before it is taken up by plants or becomes streamflow helps predict what will happen to the water cycle in future climates. Some studies suggest that plants take up water that has been in the ground for a long time; in contrast, we find that plants take up a significant amount of recent rain.