Spatiotemporal variation of soil moisture in a small watershed of loess hill region

Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1241-1247

  Wang, Jun ^a,b   Liu, Wen Zhao ^a   Hu, Meng Jun ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^b NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NORTHWEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Affecting factor; Loess hilly region; Soil moisture; Spatiotemporal variation

Indexed keywords

RAIN; WATER;

DROUGHT; HETEROGENEITY; HILL; LAND USE; MOISTURE CONTENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATERSHED;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; SEASON; SOIL; TREE; WATER FLOW;

ALTITUDE; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; RAIN; SEASONS; SOIL; TREES; WATER; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 49249113960     PISSN: 10019332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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