Effects of ground-dwelling beetle burrows on infiltration patterns and pore structure of initial soil surfaces

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Badorreck, Annika ^a   Gerke, Horst H ^b   Hüttl, Reinhard F ^a  

^a BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARE SOILS; DESERT SOILS; DRY SOIL CONDITIONS; FEEDBACK EFFECTS; GRAVITY DRIVEN FLOW; GROUND BEETLES; INITIAL STAGES; MICRO CT; MOIST CONDITIONS; PORE SYSTEM; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; PRESSURE BUILD UP; SEDIMENT LAYERS; SOIL DEVELOPMENT; SOIL FORMATIONS; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL SURFACES; SURFACE SOIL; WATER FLOWS; WATER INFILTRATION; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; APARTMENT HOUSES; BUILDINGS; CATCHMENTS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; NEUTRON RADIOGRAPHY; PORE STRUCTURE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOILS; VEGETATION;

INFILTRATION;

BEETLE; BURROWING; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; DESERT SOIL; INFILTRATION; LARVA; MOSS; PORE SPACE; RADIOGRAPHY; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL EROSION; SOIL STRUCTURE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

BRYOPHYTA; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CYLINDERA;

EID: 84858171446     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2011.0109     Document Type: Article

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