Intensity and persistence of water repellency in relation to vegetation types and soil parameters in Mediterranean SW Spain

Geoderma

Volumn 152, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 361-374

  Zavala, Lorena M ^a   González, Félix A ^a   Jordán, Antonio ^a  

^a MEDSoil Research Group   (Spain)

Author keywords

Land use; Mediterranean forest soils; Soil acidity; Soil organic carbon; Soil water repellency; Water content

Indexed keywords

AFTERBURNING; CORK OAK; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; EUCALYPTUS FORESTS; FORESTED AREA; HEATHLANDS; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; MEDITERRANEAN FOREST; MEDITERRANEAN FOREST SOILS; NATURAL PARK; ORGANIC MATTER CONTENT; PLANT SPECIES; SOIL ACIDITY; SOIL HYDROLOGY; SOIL MOISTURE CONTENT; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER CONTENTS; SOIL PARAMETERS; SOIL SAMPLE; SOIL WATER REPELLENCY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUB-HUMID; SW SPAIN; VEGETATION EFFECTS; VEGETATION TYPE; WATER DROP PENETRATION TIME; WATER REPELLENCY; WET AND DRY SEASONS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CALCIUM; DROUGHT; ETHANOL; GROUNDWATER; LAND USE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; ORGANIC CARBON; REFORESTATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL MOISTURE; UNDERWATER SOILS; VEGETATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ACIDITY; AFFORESTATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHANOL; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST SOIL; HEATHLAND; HYDROPHOBICITY; LAND USE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TEXTURE; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; VEGETATION TYPE;

ACIDITY; BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; FORESTS; GEOCHEMISTRY; LAND USE; MOISTURE CONTENT; PLANTATIONS; REFORESTATION; SOIL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER REPELLENCE;

EUCALYPTUS; QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 68749108315     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2009.07.011     Document Type: Article

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