Water balance simulation of a dryland soil during fallow under conventional and conservation tillage in semiarid Aragon, Northeast Spain

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 92, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 251-263

  Moret, D ^a   Braud, I ^b   Arrúe, J L ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b CENTRE DE LYON VILLEURBANNE   (France)

Author keywords

Long fallowing; Modelling; Soil water conservation; Tillage management; Water balance

Indexed keywords

LONG FALLOWING; SOIL WATER CONSERVATION; TILLAGE MANAGEMENT; WATER BALANCE;

AGRICULTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WATER ANALYSIS;

SOILS;

CONSERVATION TILLAGE; DRYLAND FARMING; FALLOW; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL WATER; WATER BUDGET;

AGRICULTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SIMULATION; SOIL; WATER ANALYSIS;

ARAGON; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33750014182     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2006.03.012     Document Type: Article

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