Water storage, surface, and structural properties of sandy forest humus horizons

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Volumn 166, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 625-634

  Hajnos, Mieczyslaw ^a   Jozefaciuk, Grzegorz ^a   Sokołowska, Zofia ^a   Greiffenhagen, Andreas ^b   Wessolek, Gerd ^b  

^a POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Porosity; Sandy soils; Surface free energy; Water retention; Wettability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242339535     PISSN: 14368730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jpln.200321161     Document Type: Article

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