Temporal dynamics of water repellency and soil moisture in eucalypt plantations, Portugal

Australian Journal of Soil Research

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 269-280

  Leighton Boyce, Gemma ^a,d   Doerr, Stefan H ^a   Shakesby, Richard A ^a   Walsh, Rory P D ^a   Ferreira, António J D ^b,c   Boulet, Anne Karine ^b   Coelho, Celeste O A ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d Komex International Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethanol method; Eucalyptus globulus; Hydrophobicity; Overland flow; Repellency severity; Time domain reflectometry; Transition zone; Water repellence

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; FORESTRY; HYDROLOGY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOISTURE; RAIN;

SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPORAL DYNAMICS;

SOILS;

HYDROPHOBICITY; PLANTATION; SOIL WATER;

EUCALYPTUS; HYDROLOGY; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE; RAIN; SOIL; TREES; WATER REPELLENCE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS;

EID: 18044386324     PISSN: 00049573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR04082     Document Type: Article

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