Heat and moisture dynamics in raised field systems of the lake Titicaca region (Bolivia)

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 251-265

  Sánchez De Lozada, Diego ^a   Baveye, Philippe ^a,b   Riha, Susan ^a  

^a Crop and Atmospheric Sciences ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Frost mitigation effect; Moisture; Raised fields; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032483934     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(98)00100-2     Document Type: Article

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