Depth and physical properties of soil in a forest and a rubber plantation in Peninsular Malaysia

Journal of Tropical Forest Science

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 513-530

  Noguchi, S ^a   Kasran, Baharuddin ^b   Yusop, Zulkifli ^c   Tsuboyama, Y ^d   Tani, M ^e  

^a JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^d FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Saturated hydraulic conductivity; Soil depth; Soil water retention; Water conservation

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; POROSITY; RAIN; RUBBER; WATER CONSERVATION;

SOIL WATER RETENTION;

SOILS;

EID: 0242552337     PISSN: 01281283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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