Spatial variations and impact factors of soil water content in typical natural and artificial grasslands: a case study in the Loess Plateau of China

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 157-171

  Zhang, Xiao ^a   Zhao, Wenwu ^a   Liu, Yuanxin ^a   Fang, Xuening ^a   Feng, Qiang ^a,b   Chen, Zongfeng ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANXI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Grasslands; Loess Plateau; Regional scale; Soil water content

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; GRASS; GRASSLAND; HEIGHT; HERB; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL DEPTH; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER CONTENT;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

MEDICAGO SATIVA; POACEAE; STIPA BUNGEANA;

EID: 84978045112     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: 16147480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-016-1505-3     Document Type: Article

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