Regolith water in zero-order chaparral and perennial grass watersheds four decades after vegetation conversion

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1007-1016

  Williamson, Tanja N ^a   Newman, Brent D ^b   Graham, Robert C ^c   Shouse, Peter J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d U S SALINITY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TESTING; SOILS; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; WATERSHEDS;

PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS; SAN DIMAS EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; SOIL HORIZONATION; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; VADOSE ZONE SOILS; VEGETATION TYPE; WATER DISTRIBUTIONS;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

EID: 31844450033     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/3.3.1007     Document Type: Article

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