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Rainfall redistribution in subtropical Chinese forests changes over 22 years
Wanjun Zhang
Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510650, China
Key Laboratory of Urban Water Safety Discharge and Resource Utilization, Hunan University of Technology, Zhuzhou, 412007, China
Soil Science and Geomorphology, Department of Geosciences, University of Tübingen, 72070 Tübingen, Germany
Thomas Scholten
Soil Science and Geomorphology, Department of Geosciences, University of Tübingen, 72070 Tübingen, Germany
Steffen Seitz
Soil Science and Geomorphology, Department of Geosciences, University of Tübingen, 72070 Tübingen, Germany
Qianmei Zhang
Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510650, China
Guowei Chu
Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510650, China
Linhua Wang
Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510650, China
Xin Xiong
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Carbon Neutrality and Ecosystem Carbon Sink, Lushan Botanical Garden, Jiangxi Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Jiujiang, 332900, China
Juxiu Liu
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510650, China
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Short summary
Rainfall input generally controls soil water and plant growth. We focus on rainfall redistribution in succession sequence forests over 22 years. Some changes in rainwater volume and chemistry in the throughfall and stemflow and drivers were investigated. Results show that shifted open rainfall over time and forest factors induced remarkable variability in throughfall and stemflow, which potentially makes forecasting future changes in water resources in the forest ecosystems more difficult.
Rainfall input generally controls soil water and plant growth. We focus on rainfall...
