Estimating extractable soil moisture content for Australian soils from field measurements

Australian Journal of Soil Research

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 531-541

  Ladson, A R ^a   Lander, J R ^b   Western, A W ^b   Grayson, R B ^b   Zhang, Lu ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atlas of Australian Soils; Dynamic soil store; Extractable soil moisture; Plant available water

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; SOILS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

ATLAS OF AUSTRALIAN SOILS; DYNAMIC SOIL STORE; EXTRACTABLE SOIL MOISTURE; PLANT-AVAILABLE WATER;

MOISTURE;

PLANT WATER RELATIONS; SOIL DYNAMICS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33746905515     PISSN: 00049573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR04180     Document Type: Article

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