Modelling the effects of mulching and fallow cropping on water balance in the Chinese Loess Plateau

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 283-298

  Zhang, Shulan ^a,b   Lövdahl, Lars ^b   Grip, Harald ^b   Jansson, Per Erik ^c   Tong, Yanan ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Deep percolation; Soil evaporation; Soil water storage; Transpiration; Water use efficiency; Winter wheat

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; SOILS; TRANSPIRATION; WATER RESOURCES;

DEEP PERCOLATION; SOIL EVAPORATION; SOIL WATER STORAGE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WINTER WHEAT;

CROPS;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; DRYLAND FARMING; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FALLOW; MULCHING; PERCOLATION; SOIL WATER; WATER BUDGET; WATER STORAGE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WHEAT;

ECOSYSTEMS; SOIL; TRANSPIRATION; WATER RESOURCES; WHEAT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LOESS PLATEAU;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 33846663468     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2006.05.002     Document Type: Article

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