Soil aeration status in a lowland wet grassland

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 329-341

  Barber, K R ^a   Leeds Harrison, P B ^a   Lawson, C S ^a   Gowing, D J G ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air filled porosity; Redox potential; Water table fluctuation; Wet grassland

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; POROSITY; SOILS; WATER LEVELS;

AERATION STATUS; REDOX POTENTIALS;

HYDROLOGY;

AERATION; GRASSLAND SOIL; POROSITY; REDOX POTENTIAL; WATER TABLE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOMERSET; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 1342287886     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.1378     Document Type: Article

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