Predicting Plant-Accessible Water in the Critical Zone: Mountain Ecosystems in a Mediterranean Climate

P. Zion Klos1, Michael Goulden2, Clifford S Riebe3, Christina (Naomi) Tague4, Anthony T O'Geen5, Brady Flinchum6, Safeeq Khan7, Martha H Conklin8, Stephen C Hart9, Asmeret Asefaw Berhe10, Peter C Hartsough5, Steve Holbrook11 and Roger C Bales12, (1)University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, (2)University of California, Irvine, CA, United States, (3)University of Wyoming, Laramie, United States, (4)UC Santa Barbara, Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, Santa Barbara, United States, (5)University of California Davis, Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, Davis, United States, (6)University of Newcastle, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, Callaghan, Australia, (7)University of California Merced, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Merced, CA, United States, (8)University of California Merced, Merced, United States, (9)University of California Merced, Life and Environmental Sciences, Merced, CA, United States, (10)University of California Merced, Life and Environmental Sciences Department, Merced, United States, (11)Virginia Tech, Department of Geosciences, Blacksburg, United States, (12)University of California Merced, Sierra Nevada Research Institute, Merced, CA, United States