Effects of monovegetation restoration types on soil water distribution and balance on a hillslope in Northern Loess Plateau of China

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 413-421

  Fu, Xiaoli ^a   Shao, Mingan ^a   Wei, Xiaorong ^b   Wang, Huimin ^a   Zeng, Chen ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Monovegetation; Semiarid region; Soil water distribution; Vegetation restoration; Water balance

Indexed keywords

MONOVEGETATION; SEMI-ARID REGION; SOIL-WATER DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION RESTORATION; WATER BALANCE;

ARID REGIONS; LANDFORMS; RESTORATION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

VEGETATION;

GRASS; HILLSLOPE; INFILTRATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUB; SOIL EROSION; SOIL TYPE; SOIL WATER; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATER BUDGET; WATER STORAGE;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 84881348989     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000628     Document Type: Article

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