Regulation of soil moisture dynamics in agricultural fields using strips of native prairie vegetation

Geoderma

Volumn 226-227, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 238-249

  Gutierrez Lopez, Jose ^a,c   Asbjornsen, Heidi ^a   Helmers, Matthew ^b   Isenhart, Thomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem restoration; Filter strips; Land cover use; Native prairie vegetation; Soil moisture dynamics; Soil water storage

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CONSERVATION; CROPS; DYNAMICS; VEGETATION; WATERSHEDS; AGRICULTURE; ECOSYSTEMS; MOISTURE; RESTORATION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS;

ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; FILTER STRIPS; LAND COVER/USE; SOIL MOISTURE DYNAMICS; SOIL WATER STORAGE;

SOIL MOISTURE;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; BUFFER ZONE; GROWING SEASON; LAND COVER; MOISTURE TRANSFER; PRAIRIE; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WATER BUDGET; WATER STORAGE; WATERSHED; AGRICULTURAL LAND; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND USE; MOISTURE FLUX; SOIL DEPTH;

IOWA; NEAL SMITH NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84898793826     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2014.02.013     Document Type: Article

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