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Natural compensation mechanism of soil water infiltration through decayed roots in semi-arid vegetation species.
Sci Total Environ
May 2022
State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Resource, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China; College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Sh
In arid and semi-arid areas, unsuitable afforestation programs may cause soil water deficit and even, in some cases, deep-soil desiccation and the subsequent death of part of the vegetation. However, the benefits of preferential flow through decayed root channels for supplying water in the dried soil layers are rarely evaluated. This study examines the effects of root channels on soil water content (SWC) and infiltration (initial and steady-state) in two planted species with high drought tolerance, namely: Korshinsk peashrub (Caragana korshinskii Kom.
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Glob Chang Biol
January 2020
Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany.
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Impacts of land use changes on soil properties and processes.
ScientificWorldJournal
June 2015
Department of Environmental Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 25123, China.