Soil water repellency: A method of soil moisture sequestration in pinyon-juniper woodland

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 624-634

  Robinson, David A ^a   Lebron, Inma ^a   Ryel, Ronald J ^b   Jones, Scott B ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLORADO PLATEAU; CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; HERBACEOUS SPECIES; JUNIPERUS OSTEOSPERMA; NATURAL SOILS; PINUS EDULIS; PINYON-JUNIPER WOODLANDS; PISTON FLOW; RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM; SOIL WATER; SOIL WATER REPELLENCY; SUMMER PRECIPITATION; UNIFORM SOIL; WATER REPELLENCY; WATER UPTAKE; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

SOIL MOISTURE; UNDERWATER SOILS;

WATER RESOURCES;

ECOHYDROLOGY; HYDROPHOBICITY; RANGELAND; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WOODLAND;

UNITED STATES; UTAH;

JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS OSTEOSPERMA; PINUS EDULIS;

EID: 77949627073     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2009.0208     Document Type: Article

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