Artificial culture of biological soil crusts and its effects on overland flow and infiltration under simulated rainfall

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-17

  Xiao, Bo ^a,b   Wang, Qing hai ^a   Zhao, Yun ge ^b   Shao, Ming an ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

Author keywords

Arid and semiarid regions; Desertification control; Loess Plateau; Moss crusts; Soil and water loss; Soil hydrology

Indexed keywords

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EID: 79954646781     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2011.02.006     Document Type: Article

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