Modeling Effects of Land use and Vegetation Density on Soil Water Dynamics: Implications on Water Resource Management

Water Resources Management

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2063-2076

  She, Dongli ^a   Liu, Dongdong ^a   Xia, Yongqiu ^b   Shao, Ming'an ^c  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

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

Author keywords

Land use; Soil water carrying capacity model; Vegetation density; Wind water erosion crisscross region of the Loess Plateau

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; EROSION; LANDFORMS; RESTORATION; SEDIMENTS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS; SEMI-NATURAL GRASSLANDS; SOIL WATER; SOIL-WATER CONSERVATION; VEGETATION DENSITY; VEGETATION RESTORATION; WATER EROSION; WATERRESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

LAND USE;

CARRYING CAPACITY; LAND USE; MODELING; SOIL WATER; VEGETATION; WATER EROSION; WIND EROSION;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

CARAGANA; CARAGANA KORSHINSKII;

EID: 84899913202     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-014-0599-x     Document Type: Article

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