Optimization of plant coverage in relation to water balance in the Loess Plateau of China

Geoderma

Volumn 173-174, Issue , 2012, Pages 134-144

  Fu, Wei ^a,b   Huang, Mingbin ^a   Gallichand, Jacques ^c   Shao, Mingan ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Loess Plateau; Optimal plant coverage; Semi arid area; Soil erosion; Soil water balance

Indexed keywords

LOESS PLATEAU; OPTIMAL PLANT COVERAGE; SEMIARID AREA; SOIL EROSION; SOIL WATER BALANCE;

ARID REGIONS; DRIERS (MATERIALS); EROSION; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; OPTIMIZATION; REVEGETATION; WATER CONTENT;

SOIL MOISTURE;

CALIBRATION; DESICCATION; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; GROWING SEASON; LEAF AREA INDEX; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; REVEGETATION; SHRUB; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL EROSION; SOIL WATER; VEGETATION COVER; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER BUDGET; WATER CONTENT; WIND EROSION;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

CARAGANA; SALIX; SALIX PSAMMOPHILA;

EID: 84856458820     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2011.12.016     Document Type: Article

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