What is it about?
Understanding the effects of vegetation on soil moisture is vital to the ecosystem restoration in water-restricted areas. For this study, the effects of introduced revegetation and natural revegetation on soil water (0–1.8 m) were investigated in the Chinese Loess Plateau, which was based on an in-situ vegetation removal experiment and two-years of soil moisture monitoring.
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Why is it important?
Our findings show that introduced revegetation is not recommended in semi-arid areas, whereas natural revegetation is a more suitable option. Our findings provide scientific guidance for the restoration of degraded ecosystems in such semi-arid areas.
Perspectives
To promote the sustainable management of abandoned farmlands, while preventing ecological degradation, it is extremely urgent to quantify the effects of typical revegetation methods on soil moisture.
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This page is a summary of: Effects of two typical revegetation methods on soil moisture in the semi-arid Loess Plateau, China, Hydrology Research, July 2019, IWA Publishing,
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2019.011.
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