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

Published Online: May 12, 2016

Page range: 133 - 140

Received: Apr 28, 2015

Accepted: Sep 28, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/johh-2016-0001

Keywords

Hydrophobicity, Reduced wettability, Surface runoff, Infiltration, Water repellency index

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