The water balance of two semi-arid shrubs on abadoned land in South-Eastern Spain after cold season rainfall

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 913-926

  Archer, Nicole ^a   Hess, Tim ^b   Quinton, John ^c  

^a Div of Envrn/Applied Biol   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthyllis cytisoides; Mosaic vegetation; Neutron probe; Patchy vegetation; Retama sphaerocarpa; Semi arid; Spain; Water balance

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SHRUB; SOIL WATER; WATER BUDGET;

SPAIN;

ANTHYLLIS CYTISOIDES; RETAMA SPHAEROCARPA;

EID: 0036820778     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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