Grass cover influences hydrophysical parameters and heterogeneity of water flow in a sandy soil

Pedosphere

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 719-729

  Lichner, L ^a   Eldridge, D J ^b   Schacht, K ^c   Zhukova, N ^d   Holko, L ^a   Sir, M ^e   Pecho, J ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d Georgian Academy of Science MNodia Institute of Geophysics   (Georgia)

^e INSTITUTE OF HYDRODYNAMICS   (Czech Republic)

^f INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Dye tracing; Grassland soil; Hydrophobicity; Infiltration; Preferential flow

Indexed keywords

BARE SOIL; CLIMATE CHANGE; GRASS; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; INFILTROMETER; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; SANDY SOIL; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL WATER; TUSSOCK GRASSLAND; VEGETATION COVER; WATER FLOW;

EID: 82555167428     PISSN: 10020160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1002-0160(11)60175-6     Document Type: Article

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