Effects of vegetation restoration on the spatial distribution of soil moisture at the hillslope scale in semi-arid regions

Catena

Volumn 124, Issue , 2015, Pages 138-146

  Yang, Lei ^a   Chen, Liding ^a   Wei, Wei ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Hillslope; Semi arid; Soil moisture; Spatial variation; Vegetation restoration

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CORRELATION; GROWTH RATE; HILLSLOPE; LEGUME; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 84908010189     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2014.09.014     Document Type: Article

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