Overland flow initiation from a drumlin grassland hillslope

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 286-298

  Doody, D G ^a   Higgins, A ^a   Matthews, D ^a   Foy, R H ^a   Pilatova, K ^b   Duffy, O ^b   Watson, C J ^a  

^a AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drumlin; Grassland; Overland flow; Phosphorus; Soil moisture deficit

Indexed keywords

FIELD CAPACITY; GRASSLAND; HILLSLOPE; OVERLAND FLOW; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATURATION; SOIL MOISTURE;

IRELAND;

EID: 77956101570     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: 14752743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.2010.00279.x     Document Type: Article

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