Multiple-scale soil moisture distribution and its implications for ecosystem restoration in an arid River valley, China

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 75-85

  Ma, K M ^a,b   Fu, B J ^a   Liu, S L ^a   Guan, W B ^c   Liu, G H ^a   Lu Y H ^a   Anand, M ^b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ecosystem restoration; Environmental factors; Multiple scales; Refforestation; Soil moisture; Upper Minjiang River valley

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; IRRIGATION; MOISTURE; REVEGETATION; RIVERS; SOILS; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

SOIL MOISTURE;

ARID REGIONS;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL MOISTURE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; FUJIAN; MIN VALLEY [FUJIAN];

EID: 1542378682     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.584     Document Type: Article

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