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I Table of contents
I Table of contents i
II Summary - Zusammenfasung iii
Summary iii
Zusammenfassung vii
III List of figures xi
IV List of tables xv
1 General Introduction 1
Chapter 2: Spatial variability of soil properties affected by grazing intensity in
Inner Mongolia grassland 11
Chapter 3: Spatio-temporal variability of soil moisture in grazed steppe areas
investigated by multivariate geostatistics 39
Chapter 4: Temporal stability of soil moisture in a semi-arid steppe and its
application in model result validation 65
Chapter 5: Modeling Grazing Effects on Coupled Water and Heat Fluxes in Inner
Mongolia Grassland 85
Chapter 6: Modeling of Coupled Water and Heat Transfer in Freezing and
Thawing Soil 115
7 General discussion and conclusions 139
8 Acknowledgments 151
9 Curriculum Vitae 153
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