Spatio-temporal variability of soil moisture and its effect on vegetation in a desertified aeolian riparian ecotone on the Tibetan Plateau, China

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 479, Issue , 2013, Pages 215-225

  Li, Haidong ^a,d   Shen, Weishou ^a   Zou, Changxin ^a   Jiang, Jiang ^b   Fu, Lina ^c   She, Guanghui ^d  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b University of Miami   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^d NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aeolian landforms; Arid landscape; Soil moisture variability; Vegetation restoration; Yarlung Zangbo River

Indexed keywords

ALPINE RIVERS; ARID LANDSCAPE; ARTIFICIAL VEGETATION; FIELD SCALE; GAUSSIANS; KEY FACTORS; MOISTURE VARIABILITY; NATURAL VEGETATION; RIVER WATER; SEED GERMINATION; SEEDLING GROWTH; SEMIVARIOGRAMS; SPATIAL DEPENDENCE; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY; STUDY AREAS; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; THEORETICAL MODELS; TIBETAN PLATEAU; VEGETATION COVERAGE; VEGETATION RESTORATION;

LANDFORMS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; RESTORATION; SEED; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION; WATER LEVELS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

DESERTIFICATION; ECOTONE; GEOSTATISTICS; HABITAT RESTORATION; MOISTURE CONTENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIPARIAN ZONE; RIVER WATER; SANDY SOIL; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUCCESSION; VALLEY; VARIOGRAM; VEGETATION COVER; WATER LEVEL;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84872275174     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.12.002     Document Type: Article

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