Earth and Planetary Sciences
6 years ago

New study reveals impact of climate change on soil moisture levels

Annals of Forest Research
Monitoring of soil moisture in Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) sites of Romanian Carpathians
Lucian Dincă, Ovidiu Badea, Gheorghe Guiman, Cosmin Ion Bragă, Vlad Crișan, Victor Greavu, Gabriel Murariu, L. Georgescu

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