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Biological soil crusts cause subcritical water repellency in a sand dune ecosystem located along a rainfall gradient in the NW Negev desert, Israel Cover

Biological soil crusts cause subcritical water repellency in a sand dune ecosystem located along a rainfall gradient in the NW Negev desert, Israel

Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics
Volume 64 (2016): Issue 2 (June 2016)
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|May 2016
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/johh-2016-0001 | Journal eISSN: 1338-4333 (formerly 0042-790X) | Journal ISSN: 0042-790X
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Language: English
Page range: 133 - 140
Submitted on: Apr 28, 2015
Accepted on: Sep 28, 2015
Published on: May 12, 2016
Published by: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Hydrology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
Hydrophobicity,
Reduced wettability,
Surface runoff,
Infiltration,
Water repellency index
Related subjects:
Engineering,
Introductions and overviews,
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