Pedotransfer functions for water retention and unsaturated hydraulic conductivity of forest soils

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 221-235

  Puhlmann, Heike ^a   von Wilpert, Klaus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Forest Research Institute Baden Württemberg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Forest soils; Hydraulic conductivity; Pedotransfer functions; Water retention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859383965     PISSN: 14368730     EISSN: 15222624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jpln.201100139     Document Type: Article

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