Individual contributions of climate and vegetation change to soil moisture trends across multiple spatial scales

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Feng, Huihui ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION;

EID: 84987653300     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep32782     Document Type: Article

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