Spatial variability and patterns of surface soil moisturein a field plot of karst area in southwest China

Plant, Soil and Environment

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 409-417

  Zhang, J G ^a,b   Chen, H S ^b,c   Su, Y R ^b,c   Kong, X L ^d   Zhang, W ^b,c   Shi, Y ^a   Liang, H B ^a   Shen, G M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c Huanjiang Observation and Research Station for Karst Eco systems   (China)

^d YICHUN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Depression area; Geostatistics; Karst; Mean soil moisture; Rock outcrops

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052443979     PISSN: 12141178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/374/2010-pse     Document Type: Article

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