Influence of Acacia Trees on Near-Surface Soil Hydraulic Properties in Arid Tunisia

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1805-1812

  De Boever, Maarten ^a   Gabriels, Donald ^a   Ouessar, Mohamed ^b   Cornelis, Wim ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUT DES RÉGIONS ARIDES   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Acacia raddiana; arid lands; below canopy; soil water; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; COPYRIGHTS; FORESTRY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ACACIA RADDIANA; ARID LANDS; BELOW CANOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ORGANIC MATTER CONTENT; TUNISIA; UNSATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; WATER RETENTION CURVE;

SOILS;

ACACIA; ACACIA RADDIANA;

EID: 84905895340     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2302     Document Type: Article

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