Spatial and temporal variability of soil water in drylands: Plant water potential as a diagnostic tool

Forestry Studies in China

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 74-80

  Veste, Maik ^a,b   Staudinger, Markus ^c   Küppers, Manfred ^b  

^a BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^c AVL LIST GMBH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Deserts; Negev; Nizzana; Pattern; Pre dawn potential; Soil water

Indexed keywords

EID: 44349094296     PISSN: 10081321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11632-008-0022-x     Document Type: Article

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