Publisher Summary This chapter emphasizes the measurement of plant water potential
following the realization of the importance of atmospheric demand in determining plant …

Eggs of Crocodilia and Chelonia, like those of birds, have a pair of egg membranes
separating a thick layer of albumen from the calcareous shell. In contrast, eggs of oviparous …

An abridged, student-oriented edition of Hillel's earlier published Environmental Soil
Physics, Introduction to Environmental Soil Physics is a more succinct elucidation of the …

It is a comprehensive treatise on Water Resources Development and Irrigation
Management. For the last 30 years the book has enjoyed the status of an definitive textbook …

The author is grateful for permission to include the following previously copyrighted
materials in redrafted form, except where noted: Figures 4.5 and I li t are from Forest Ecology …

Principles of Soil Physics examines the impact of the physical, mechanical, and hydrological
properties and processes of soil on agricultural production, the environment, and …

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Background of this investigation....................... 3 Purpose of this investigation....................,..... 5 …

Now in its third edition, this textbook gives a comprehensive account of soil physics with
emphasis on field applications for students and research workers engaged in water …

Soil and Water: Physical Principles and Processes describes the physical principles
governing the soil-water system and particularly the sequence of processes constituting the …

The author's attitude is summed up in his preface thus:" Considerable attention has been
given to the application of the basic physical and physiological principles in explaining plant …