Soil moisture dynamics under Caragana korshinskii shrubs of different ages in Wuzhai County on the Loess Plateau, China
| Autor: | Yayong Xue, Zong-Shan Li, Fu Bojie, Jianwei Shi, Guohua Liu, Haibin Liang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
geography
geography.geographical_feature_category 0208 environmental biotechnology Growing season 02 engineering and technology Woodland Vegetation Arid 020801 environmental engineering Shrubland Agronomy Loess General Earth and Planetary Sciences Environmental science Soil horizon Water content General Environmental Science |
| Zdroj: | Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 109:387-396 |
| ISSN: | 1755-6929 1755-6910 |
| Popis: | Soil moisture is a key factor affecting vegetation growth and survival in arid and semi-arid regions. Knowledge of deep soil moisture dynamics is very important for guiding vegetation restoration and for improving land management practices on the water-limited Loess Plateau. Temporal changes and vertical variations in deep soil moisture (at soil depths of 0–600cm) combined with soil moisture availability were monitored in situ under Caragana korshinskii shrubs of different ages (named CK-10a, CK-20a and CK-35a) in the Loess hilly region during the growing season of 2013. The soil moisture content (SMC) under C. korshinskii shrubs of different ages was highly consistent with the seasonal precipitation variations and generally decreased as follows: CK-10a>CK-20a>abandoned land>CK-35a. The SMC varied greatly over time during the growing season (P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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