Variation of soil hydraulic properties with alpine grassland degradation in the eastern Tibetan Plateau

Pan, Tao; Hou, Shuai; Wu, Shaohong; Liu, Yujie; Liu, Yanhua; Zou, Xintong; Herzberger, Anna; Liu, Jianguo

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-2249-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-2249-2017

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02 May 2017

Research article |

| 02 May 2017

Variation of soil hydraulic properties with alpine grassland degradation in the eastern Tibetan Plateau

Tao Pan, Shuai Hou, Shaohong Wu, Yujie Liu, Yanhua Liu, Xintong Zou, Anna Herzberger, and Jianguo Liu

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Final revised paper (published on 02 May 2017)
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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Referee comment of hess-2016-333', Anonymous Referee #1, 31 Aug 2016
- AC1: 'Reply to RC1: 'Referee comment of hess-2016-333', Anonymous Referee #1, 31 Aug 2016', Tao Pan, 02 Oct 2016
RC2: 'Review comments on Variation of soil hydraulic properties with alpine grassland degradation in the Eastern Tibetan Plateau', Anonymous Referee #2, 12 Oct 2016
- AC2: 'response and revised manuscripte upload', Tao Pan, 20 Oct 2016

Peer-review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by Editor and Referees) (23 Oct 2016) by Lixin Wang

AR by Tao Pan on behalf of the Authors (25 Oct 2016)

ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by Editor and Referees) (30 Oct 2016) by Lixin Wang

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (29 Nov 2016) by Lixin Wang

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (26 Dec 2016)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (02 Jan 2017)

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by Editor and Referees) (11 Jan 2017) by Lixin Wang

AR by Tao Pan on behalf of the Authors (22 Feb 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (24 Feb 2017) by Lixin Wang

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (28 Feb 2017)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (21 Mar 2017)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (further review by Editor) (22 Mar 2017) by Lixin Wang

AR by Tao Pan on behalf of the Authors (31 Mar 2017) Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (04 Apr 2017) by Lixin Wang

AR by Tao Pan on behalf of the Authors (06 Apr 2017)

Short summary

This study shows that soil hydraulic properties, especially those of the top soil, varied greatly with alpine swamp meadow degradation. Soil porosity is the dominant influencing factor of soil hydraulic properties. The results suggest that alpine swamp meadow degradation would inevitably lead to negative hydrological effects. Hydrological modelling in the Tibetan Plateau and similar regions are recommended to understand the effects of degradation on soil hydraulic properties.