Divergent shift of normal alpine meadow towards shrub and degraded meadows reduces soil water retention and storage capacity
Yulei Ma, Yifan Liu, Manuel López‐Vicente, Gao‐Lin Wu
Topics & Concepts
Environmental scienceShrubTopsoilHydraulic conductivitySoil waterGrasslandBulk densitySoil scienceField capacityWater contentVegetation (pathology)Hydrology (agriculture)AgronomyEcologyGeologyBiologyGeotechnical engineeringPathologyMedicineClimate change and permafrostSoil and Unsaturated FlowCryospheric studies and observations