Impact of spruce forest and grass vegetation cover on soil micromorphology and hydraulic properties of organic matter horizon

Biologia

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 565-568

  Kodešová, Radka ^a   Pavlů, Lenka ^a   Kodeš, Vít ^b   Žigová, Anna ^c   Nikodem, Antonín ^a  

^a CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b CZECH HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Grass vegetation; Organic material decomposition; Organic matter horizon; Pore sizes; Soil hydraulic properties; Soil micromorphology; Spruce forest

Indexed keywords

PICEA;

EID: 50849113471     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: 13369563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-007-0112-6     Document Type: Article

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