Exploring the variation in soil saturated hydraulic conductivity under a tropical rainforest using the wavelet transform

European Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 891-901

  Hassler, S K ^a   Lark, R M ^b   Milne, A E ^b   Elsenbeer, H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; DATA SET; FOREST SOIL; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MAP; RAINFOREST; SOIL TYPE; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL VARIATION; TROPICAL FOREST; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EID: 81855208937     PISSN: 13510754     EISSN: 13652389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2389.2011.01400.x     Document Type: Article

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