Spatial patterns and stability of topsoil water content in a rainfed fallow cereal field and Calcisol-type soil

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 161, Issue , 2015, Pages 41-52

  Lopez Vicente M ^a   Quijano, L ^a   Navas, A ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Calcisol; Fallow; Rainfed cereal; Stability analysis; Topsoil water content

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; RAIN; STABILITY; SURVEYS;

ANTECEDENT RAINFALL; CALCISOL; DIFFERENT WATER CONTENTS; FALLOW; FREQUENCY-DOMAIN PROBES; RAINFED; STABILITY ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL STABILITY;

SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FALLOW; FIELD SURVEY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; SOIL TYPE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY; TOPSOIL; VADOSE ZONE; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 84938797790     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: 18732283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2015.07.009     Document Type: Article

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