Effects of surface characteristics on infiltration patterns in an arid shrub desert

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 72-79

  Wang, Xin Ping ^a   Li, Xin Rong ^a   Xiao, Hong Lang ^a   Berndtsson, Ronny ^b   Pan, Yan Xia ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Desert ecosystem; Dwarf shrub stabilized sand dune; Infiltration; Microbiotic soil crust; Revegetation; Shapotou; Soil moisture; Tengger Desert

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; INFILTRATION; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); REVEGETATION; WETTING;

DESERT ECOSYSTEM; DWARF-SHRUB-STABILIZED SAND DUNE; MICROBIOTIC SOIL CRUST;

ARID REGIONS;

ARID REGIONS; ECOSYSTEMS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; INFILTRATION; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); REVEGETATION; WETTING;

ARID REGION; DESERT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; INFILTRATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; REVEGETATION; SHRUB; SOIL CRUST; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; WETTING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NINGXIA HUIZU; TENGGER DESERT;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA ORDOSICA; CARAGANA; CARAGANA KORSHINSKII;

EID: 33846381401     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6185     Document Type: Article

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