Soil Moisture Patterns below Mounds of Harvester Ants
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Analysis of surface soil moisture patterns
Analysis of surface soil moisture patterns in agricultural landscapes using empirical orthogonal functions W. Korres, C. N. Koyama, P. Fiener, and K. Schneider Department of Geography, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany Received: 30 July 2009 – Accepted: 3 August 2009 – Published: 24 August 2009 Correspondence to: W. Korres ([email protected]) Published by Copernicus Publication...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Range Management
سال: 1990
ISSN: 0022-409X
DOI: 10.2307/3899111