Effect of vegetation on the temporal stability of soil moisture in grass-stabilized semi-arid sand dunes

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 521, Issue , 2015, Pages 447-459

  Wang, Tiejun ^a   Wedin, David A ^a   Franz, Trenton E ^a   Hiller, Jeremy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Native grassland; Nebraska Sand Hills; Plant phenology; Soil moisture; Temporal stability

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); FORESTRY; MOISTURE; MOISTURE CONTROL; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION;

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; NATIVE GRASSLAND; PLANT PHENOLOGY; SAND HILLS; TEMPORAL STABILITY;

SOIL SURVEYS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DUNE; GROWING SEASON; LAND SURFACE; PHENOLOGY; RHIZOSPHERE; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIMESCALE; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84920151051     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.12.037     Document Type: Article

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