Comparison of hydraulic behaviour of unvegetated and vegetation-stabilized sand dunes in arid desert ecosystems

Ecohydrology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 264-274

  Wang, Xin Ping ^a   Quan, Gui Jing ^a   Pan, Yan Xia ^a   Hu, Rui ^a   Zhang, Ya Feng ^a   Tedeschi, Anna ^b   Basile, Angelo ^b   Comegna, Alessandro ^c   Coppola, Antonio ^c   de Mascellis, Roberto ^b  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Revegetation restored desert ecosystems; Soil hydraulic properties; Steady state infiltration; Tension disc infiltrometer

Indexed keywords

ARID DESERT ECOSYSTEMS; DESERT ECOSYSTEM; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; INFILTROMETERS; SATURATION CONDITIONS; SOIL HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; STEADY-STATE INFILTRATION; TENSION DISC INFILTROMETER;

CAPILLARITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LANDFORMS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RESTORATION; REVEGETATION; SAILING VESSELS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TESTING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

INFILTRATION;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; BULK DENSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DESERT; DUNE; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; INFILTRATION; ORGANIC MATTER; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER;

CHINA; TENGGER DESERT;

EID: 84876310575     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.1265     Document Type: Article

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