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Characterization of cowpea to harvest rainwater for wheat in semiarid conditions
Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research, 2021 Aim of study: A field experiment was executed, under rainfed conditions from 2014-15 to 2017-18, to study the role of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) in rainwater harvesting to enhance the wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) yield.
Muhammad R. Sajjad +8 more
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Forestry solutions for mitigating climate change in China
Forest Systems, 2014 Aim of study: Forests have vital functions in global carbon cycle, and thus are of prime importance in efforts to curb climate change. This study intends to guide effective forestry solutions to combat climate change in China.Area of study: China, not ...
Guanglei Gao +4 more
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Effects of fine root length density and root biomass on soil preferential flow in forest ecosystems
Forest Systems, 2015 Aim of study: The study was conducted to characterize the impacts of plant roots systems (e.g., root length density and root biomass) on soil preferential flow in forest ecosystems.
Yinghu Zhang +4 more
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Variation in Tree Species Ability to Capture and Retain Airborne Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5)
Scientific Reports, 2017 Human health risks caused by PM2.5 raise awareness to the role of trees as bio-filters of urban air pollution, but not all species are equally capable of filtering the air. The objectives of this current study were: (1) to determine the foliar traits for
Lixin Chen +4 more
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Soil and Water Research, 2019 Soil erosion is recognized as one of the major environmental problems in the hilly red soil region of Jiangxi province, southern China. An eight-year field experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of grass cover in the sloping citrus land on ...
Minghao Mo +6 more
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Weekly rainfall analysis for crop planning in rainfed Shivalik Himalayas of India
Journal of Agrometeorology, 2015 The study was carried out to compare various two-parameter probability distributions for identifying the most appropriate distribution to describe the weekly rainfall data of Standard Meteorological Week (SMW) from 22 to 42 weeks in Shivalik region of ...
N.M. ALAM +6 more
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Short Communication. Restoring monoculture plantation using stand spatial structure analysis
Forest Systems, 2013 Aim of study. To improve the quality of monoculture plantations in China.Area of study. structure-based forest management was conducted in Rocky Mountain Area of Northern China.Material and Methods.
G. Gao +6 more
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Soil Erosion and Its Spatial Distribution Characteristics in Three-River-Source National Park
Shuitu baochi tongbao, 2023 [Objective] The Three-River-Source National Park (TRSNP) is considered to be the “water tower of China”, and is an important ecological security barrier in China.
Huang Tingting +5 more
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Ecological Processes, 2022 Background Understanding the response of the plant community to increasing nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) inputs is helpful for managing and protecting grassland ecosystems in semiarid areas.
Ning Guo +4 more
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Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 1976 Water has been called ubiquitous, which may be a small exaggeration, but it is no exaggeration to say that it is intimately associated with soil. In the never‐ending hydrologic cycle, rain falls upon the soil, and whether the soil is shielded by vegetation or otherwise protected is much of what soil and water conservation is all about.The story of soil
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