Spatially distributed morphological characteristics of macropores in forest soils of Hitachi Ohta Experimental Watershed, Japan

Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 207-215

  Noguchi, Shoji ^a   Tsuboyama, Yoshio ^a   Sidle, Roy C ^b,c   Hosoda, Ikuhiro ^a  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hitachi Ohta; Macropore; Morphological characteristics; Root systems; Subsurface flow

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001259435     PISSN: 13416979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02348317     Document Type: Article

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