Catena publishes papers describing original field and laboratory investigations and reviews on geoecology and landscape evolution with emphasis on interdisciplinary aspects of soil science, hydrology and geomorphology. It aims to disseminate new knowledge and foster better understanding of the physical environment, of evolutionary sequences that have resulted in past and current landscapes, and of the natural processes that are likely to determine the fate of our terrestrial environment.
Papers within any one of the above topics are welcome provided they are of sufficiently wide interest and relevance.
CATENA
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Identifiers
ISSN | 0341-8162 |
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Additional information
Data set: Elsevier
Articles
Temperature is a key factor that can affect soil properties and processes. Surface tension-viscous flow (STVF) theory is widely used to explain the temperature effects on soil hydraulic properties. We hypothesized that one of the reasons for deviation of measured soil water retention data from the STVF theory predictions is due to the temperature effects on soil structural stability (i.e., near-saturated...
Microbial activities have been shown to be regulated by soil aggregation. However, it is unknown how landscape-induced changes in the soil structure shape microbial activity in the soil ecosystems. This study aims to analyze the spatial distribution of amidohydrolase activities within the soil aggregates obtained from different landscape positions. Soil samples were collected from five landscape positions...
Soil water status and fine root distribution is the basis of implementing water management in semiarid rain-fed orchards. Exploitation of rainwater is an effective avenue for alleviating water scarcity in semiarid regions since ground water is generally unavailable there. Through the method of space-for-time substitution, we investigated the soil moisture and root distribution along a range of stand...