Forests are known to have a negative effect on water yield (the total annual streamflow). However, little is known about the effect of forest on hydrological droughts. Considering the relatively high evapotranspiration of forest, hydrological droughts might be expected to increase when forest establishes. The effect of forest on hydrological …
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Critical soil moisture thresholds during the 2018 drought identified
The impact of drought on vegetation does not increases proportionally with decreasing soil moisture content. The so-called critical soil moisture content below which evapotranspiration reduction and vegetation impact rapidly increase is a key parameter, but knowledge on the critical soil moisture is limited due to a lack of soil moisture …
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