Assessing soil moisture regimes with traditional and new methods

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1889-1896

  Costantini, Edoardo A C ^a   Castelli, Fabio ^b   Raimondi, Salvatore ^c   Lorenzoni, Paolo ^a  

^a Istituto Sperimentale per lo Studio e la Difesa del Suolo   (Italy)

^b Istituto Sperimentale per il Tabacco   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOISTURE;

WATER CONTENT;

SOILS;

LONG-TERM CHANGE; METHODOLOGY; SOIL CLASSIFICATION; SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 0036853022     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2002.1889     Document Type: Article

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