Rainfall partitioning by plant canopies can play key roles in dryland ecohydrology by altering
the amount, timing and patterns of water receipt to soils. Here, we synthesized interception …

Soil moisture is a key factor for vegetation restoration in arid and semi-arid regions.
Clarifying the vertical characteristics of soil moisture in artificial forests on a regional scale …

Large-scale ecological restoration in the arid and semi-arid Loess Plateau region of
northern China is challenged by the intensifying water stress due to the changes in …

Interception loss (IL) is an important process in the hydrological cycle within semi-arid forest
ecosystems, directly affecting the amount of effective rainfall. However, the factors …

Flash floods resulting from extreme rainstorms seriously threaten regional socioeconomic
development. However, few studies have explored the general impacts of soil and water …

Preferential flow significantly influences regional water cycles, and affecting surface and
subsurface runoff processes. By comparing soil infiltration characteristics across various …

Throughfall makes up the major portion of understory rainfall, and thereby plays a vital role
in regulating the hydrological and biogeochemical processes in forest ecosystems. The aim …

Rainfall canopy interception plays a crucial role in rainfall redistribution and hydrological
processes in forests. While previous studies have often focused on monthly or yearly time …

The forest canopy affects the water entering the forest ecosystem by intercepting rainfall.
This is especially pertinent in forests that depend on rainfall for their ecological water needs …

Rainfall partitioning is a key process in forest ecosystems that affects the forest hydrological
cycle and ecological services. However, little is known about the rainfall partitioning in Pinus …