Research progress in soil macropore flow

Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 888-894

  Li, Wei Li ^a,b   Jin, Chang Jie ^a   Wang, An Zhi ^a   Pei, Tie Fan ^a   Guan, Dexin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Macropore flow; Research method; Soil macropore; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

RAIN; WATER;

DYE TRACER; INFILTRATION; MACROPORE; SIMULATION; SOIL MOISTURE;

PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; POROSITY; REVIEW; SOIL; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER FLOW;

MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANT ROOTS; POROSITY; RAIN; SOIL; WATER; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 34249796670     PISSN: 10019332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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