Effects of land use on soil moisture variations in a semi-arid catchment: Implications for land and agricultural water management

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 163-172

  Gao, X ^a,b,c,d   Wu, P ^a,b,c   Zhao, X ^a,b,c   Wang, J ^b,c   Shi, Y ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c National Engineering Research Center for Water Saving Irrigation at Yangling   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Jujube; Land use; Loess plateau; Management; PR China; Precipitation infiltration; Soil water soil moisture; Variability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CATCHMENTS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); INFILTRATION; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; MANAGEMENT; RAIN; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

JUJUBE; LOESS PLATEAU; PR CHINAS; SOIL WATER; VARIABILITY;

SOIL SURVEYS;

INFILTRATION; LAND USE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEMIARID REGION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

ZIZIPHUS;

EID: 84885453434     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.1156     Document Type: Article

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