Comparison of deep soil moisture in two re-vegetation watersheds in semi-arid regions

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 513, Issue , 2014, Pages 314-321

  Yang, Lei ^a   Chen, Liding ^a   Wei, Wei ^a   Yu, Yang ^a   Zhang, Handan ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Land use structure; Loess plateau; Soil moisture; Spatial variation; Vegetation restoration

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; RESTORATION; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS;

CHINESE LOESS PLATEAU; DIFFERENT LAND USE TYPES; ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; LAND-USE STRUCTURES; LOESS PLATEAU; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; VEGETATION RESTORATION;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ECOHYDROLOGY; INFILTRATION; LAND USE PLANNING; RAINFALL; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATERSHED;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 84898981737     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.03.049     Document Type: Article

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