Rainfall and land degradation

Environmental Science and Engineering (Subseries: Environmental Science)

Volumn , Issue 9783540724377, 2007, Pages 167-195

  Stroosnijder, Leo ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DROUGHT; EVAPORATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; NICKEL; RAIN; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; TRANSPIRATION;

SOIL CHARACTERISTICS; SOIL EVAPORATIONS; SOIL WATER BALANCE; SPATIAL TEMPORALS; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL DIMENSIONS; WATER HOLDING CAPACITY;

INFILTRATION;

EID: 85013693618     PISSN: 18635520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-72438-4_9     Document Type: Article

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