Linking the soil moisture distribution pattern to dynamic processes along slope transects in the Loess Plateau, China

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 187, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1-13

  Wang, Shuai ^a,b   Fu, Bojie ^a,b   Gao, Guangyao ^a,b   Zhou, Ji ^a,b   Jiao, Lei ^a,b   Liu, Jianbo ^a,b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b JOINT CENTER FOR GLOBAL CHANGE STUDIES   (China)

Author keywords

Hydrological processes; Land use; Re vegetated catchment; Soil hydrology; Vegetation restoration

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; MOISTURE; SEDIMENTS; SOILS;

ARID AND SEMI-ARID AREAS; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; DIFFERENT LAND USE TYPES; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; SOIL HYDROLOGY; SOIL MOISTURE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIO-TEMPORAL SCALE; VEGETATION RESTORATION;

SOIL MOISTURE;

CATCHMENT; DYNAMIC PROPERTY; LAND COVER; LAND USE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

GROWING SEASON; LAND USE; LOESS; SAMPLING; SOIL MOISTURE; TOPOGRAPHY; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; SEASON; SOIL; TREE; WATER CYCLE; WATER FLOW;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

RAIN; SOIL; WATER;

CHINA; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RAIN; SEASONS; SOIL; TREES; WATER; WATER CYCLE; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84948947101     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-015-5000-x     Document Type: Article

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