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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-28-3963-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-28-3963-2024
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02 Sep 2024
Research article |  | 02 Sep 2024

Hydrological and pedological effects of combining Italian alder and blackberries in an agroforestry windbreak system in South Africa

Svenja Hoffmeister, Rafael Bohn Reckziegel, Ben du Toit, Sibylle K. Hassler, Florian Kestel, Rebekka Maier, Jonathan P. Sheppard, and Erwin Zehe

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We studied a tree–crop ecosystem consisting of a blackberry field and an alder windbreak. In the water-scarce region, irrigation provides sufficient water for plant growth. The windbreak lowers the irrigation amount by reducing wind speed and therefore water transport into the atmosphere. These ecosystems could provide sustainable use of water-scarce landscapes, and we studied the complex interactions by observing several aspects (e.g. soil, nutrients, carbon assimilation, water).