Effects of crop abandonment and grazing exclusion on available soil water and other soil properties in a semi-arid Mongolian grassland

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 228-235

  Hoshino, A ^a   Tamura, K ^b   Fujimaki, H ^b   Asano, M ^b   Ose, K ^c   Higashi, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abandoned cropland; Available water; Grazing exclosure; Pore size distribution; Semi arid region; Unsaturated hydraulic conductivity

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED CROPLAND; AVAILABLE WATER; GRAZING EXCLOSURE; SEMI-ARID REGION; UNSATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

ARID REGIONS; CLIMATOLOGY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LAND USE; PORE SIZE; SILT; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL MOISTURE;

VEGETATION;

EID: 78650213972     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2009.07.009     Document Type: Article

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