Eco-geophysical imaging of watershed-scale soil patterns links with plant community spatial patterns

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1132-1138

  Robinson, David A ^a,d   Abdu, Hiruy ^b   Jones, Scott B ^b   Seyfried, Mark ^c   Lebron, Inma ^a   Knight, Rosemary ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWEST WATERSHED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GEOPHYSICS; PLANT COMMUNITY; POWER LAW; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL SURVEY; SOIL TEXTURE; SOIL WATER; WATERSHED;

EID: 57349155096     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2008.0101     Document Type: Article

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