Water potential productivity and soil desiccation effect of alfalfa grasslands in different type arid areas of Loess Plateau: A simulation study

Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2418-2425

  Li, Jun ^a,b   Chen, Bing ^a,c   Li, Xiao Fang ^a   Shao, Ming An ^b   Cheng, Ji Min ^b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^c Sci Tech Innovation Centre of Hainan State Farm   (China)

Author keywords

Alfalfa grassland; Loess Plateau; Simulation; Soil desiccation; Water potential productivity; WinEPIC model

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ALFALFA; ARID REGION; DATABASE; DESICCATION; GRASSLAND SOIL; MODEL VALIDATION; MOISTURE CONTENT; RAINFALL; SIMULATION; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHINA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESERT CLIMATE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; SOIL; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER FLOW;

BIOMASS; CHINA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESERT CLIMATE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOIL; WATER; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ASIA; CHANGWU; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUYUAN; HAIYUAN; LOESS PLATEAU; NINGXIA HUIZU; SHAANXI;

MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 38949159691     PISSN: 10019332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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