Deep Soil Water Dynamics and Depletion by Secondary Vegetation in the Eastern Amazon

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1672-1686

  Sommer, Rolf ^a,d   Fölster, Horst ^b   Vielhauer, Konrad ^a   Maklouf Carvalho, Eduardo J ^c   Vlek, Paul L G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c EMBRAPA AMAZÔNIA ORIENTAL   (Brazil)

^d INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRYING; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; VEGETATION;

ENERGY BALANCE;

SOILS;

BOWEN RATIO; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; VEGETATION; WATER UPTAKE;

AMAZON; SOUTH AMERICA;

HYDRIDAE;

EID: 0242507500     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2003.1672     Document Type: Article

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