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@ARTICLE{Zhang:893789,
author = {Zhang, Zaiyong and Wang, Wenke and Gong, Chengcheng and
Zhao, Ming and Brunner, Philip and Hendricks-Franssen,
Harrie-Jan},
title = {{S}alix psammophila afforestations can cause a decline of
the water table, prevent groundwater recharge and reduce
effective infiltration},
journal = {The science of the total environment},
volume = {780},
issn = {0048-9697},
address = {Amsterdam [u.a.]},
publisher = {Elsevier Science},
reportid = {FZJ-2021-02828},
pages = {146336 -},
year = {2021},
abstract = {Afforestation can reduce desertification and soil erosion.
However, the hydrologic implications of afforestation are
not well investigated, especially in arid and semi-arid
regions. China has the largest area of afforestation in the
world, with one-third of the world's total plantation
forests. How the shrubs affect evapotranspiration, soil
moisture dynamics, and groundwater recharge remains unclear.
We designed two pairs of lysimeters, one being 1.2 m deep
and the other one 4.2 m deep. Each pair consists of one
lysimeter with bare soil, while on the other one a shrub is
planted. The different water table depths were implemented
to understand how depth to groundwater affects soil moisture
and water table dynamics under different hydrological
conditions. Soil moisture, water table depth, sap flow, and
rainfall were measured concurrently. Our study confirms that
for the current meteorological conditions in the Ordos
plateau recharge is reduced or even prohibited through the
large-scale plantation Salix psammophila. Shrubs also raise
the threshold of precipitation required to increase soil
moisture of the surface ground. For the conditions we
analyzed, a minimum of 6 mm of precipitation was required
for infiltration processes to commence. In addition to the
hydrological analysis, the density of root distribution is
assessed outside of the lysimeters for different water table
depths. The results suggest that the root-density
distribution is strongly affected by water table depth. Our
results have important implications for the determination of
the optimal shrub-density in future plantations, as well as
for the conceptualization of plant roots in upcoming
numerical models.},
cin = {IBG-3},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IBG-3-20101118},
pnm = {2173 - Agro-biogeosystems: controls, feedbacks and impact
(POF4-217)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-2173},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {34030299},
UT = {WOS:000653088700009},
doi = {10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146336},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/893789},
}