Soil Management and Grass Species Effects on the Hydraulic Properties of Shrinking Soils

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  • A. S. Gregory
  • C. P. Webster
  • C. W. Watts
  • W. R. Whalley
  • C. J. A. Macleod
  • A. Joynes
چکیده

753 Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 74:753–761 Published online 29 Mar. 2010 doi:10.2136/sssaj2009.0284 Received 3 Aug. 2009. *Corresponding author ([email protected]). © Soil Science Society of America, 5585 Guilford Rd., Madison WI 53711 USA All rights reserved. No part of this periodical may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Permission for printing and for reprinting the material contained herein has been obtained by the publisher. Soil Management and Grass Species Effects on the Hydraulic Properties of Shrinking Soils Soil Physics

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تاریخ انتشار 2010