Organic Matter Fractions Controlling Soil Water Repellency in Sandy Soils From the Doñana National Park (Southwestern Spain)

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1413-1423

  Jiménez Morillo, Nicasio T ^a,b   González Pérez, José A ^a   Jordán, Antonio ^b   Zavala, Lorena M ^b   de la Rosa, José María ^a   Jiménez González, Marco A ^b   González Vila, Francisco J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

alkanes; analytical pyrolysis; fatty acids; hydrophobicity; lipids

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COPYRIGHTS; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPIDS; PARAFFINS; PYROLYSIS; SAND; SIEVES; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION;

ANALYTICAL PYROLYSIS; HALIMIUM HALIMIFOLIUM; ORGANIC MATTER FRACTION; ORGANIC MOLECULAR ASSEMBLAGES; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SOIL WATER REPELLENCY; WATER DROP PENETRATION TIME;

FATTY ACIDS;

ALKANE; FATTY ACID; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID; ORGANIC MATTER; PYROLYSIS; SANDY SOIL; SOIL WATER;

ANDALUCIA; DONANA NATIONAL PARK; SPAIN;

PINUS PINEA; PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM; QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 84909951670     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2314     Document Type: Article

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