Soil hydraulic properties influenced by agroforestry and grass buffers for grazed pasture systems

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 224-232

  Kumar, Sandeep ^a   Anderson, Stephen H ^a   Bricknell, Laura G ^a   Udawatta, Ranjith P ^a   Gantzer, Clark J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroforestry buffer; Grass buffer; Pore size distribution; Saturated hydraulic conductivity; Soil water retention

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; GRASS; GRAZING; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LEGUME; PASTURE; RETENTION; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL WATER; WATER CONTENT; WATERSHED;

FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; KUMMEROWIA STIPULACEA; LESPEDEZA; POPULUS; POPULUS DELTOIDES; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE;

EID: 57149117690     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2489/63.4.224     Document Type: Article

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