Response of temporal variation of soil moisture to vegetation restoration in semi-arid Loess Plateau, China

Catena

Volumn 115, Issue , 2014, Pages 123-133

  Yang, Lei ^a   Wei, Wei ^a   Chen, Liding ^a   Chen, Wenlin ^b   Wang, Jinglan ^c  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION   (United States)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ecological restoration; Introduced vegetation; Soil desiccation; Soil moisture; Temporal stability

Indexed keywords

DESICCATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VEGETATION TYPE;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 84891658037     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2013.12.005     Document Type: Article

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