Soil structural stability and water retention characteristics under different land uses of degraded lower himalayas of North-West India

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 263-271

  Saha, D ^a   Kukal, S S ^a  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Forest land; Grassland; Hydraulic conductivity; Soil organic carbon; Soil water suction; Water drop stability

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; DROPS; FORESTRY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; ORGANIC CARBON; PORE SIZE; SOIL MOISTURE; STABILITY;

FOREST LAND; GRASSLAND; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL WATER; WATER DROP;

LAND USE;

EID: 84926520469     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2204     Document Type: Article

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