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Quantitative partitioning of temporal origin of transpiration into pre- and post-plantation under deep-rooted vegetation on the Loess Plateau of China

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Determining deep root water uptake patterns with tree age in the Chinese loess area

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The economic–environmental trade-off of growing apple trees in the drylands of China: A conceptual framework for sustainable intensification

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Stand age and precipitation affect deep soil water depletion of economical forest in the loess area

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Recharge mechanisms of deep soil water revealed by water isotopes in deep loess deposits

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Modeling long-term soil water dynamics in response to land-use change in a semi-arid area

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Drought responses of profile plant-available water and fine-root distributions in apple (Malus pumila Mill.) orchards in a loessial, semi-arid, hilly area of China

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Rainfall partitioning and its effects on regional water balances: Evidence from the conversion of traditional cropland to apple orchards in a semi‐humid region

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Measurements and modeling of hydrological responses to summer pruning in dryland apple orchards

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Precipitation dominates the transpiration of both the economic forest (Malus pumila) and ecological forest (Robinia pseudoacacia) on the Loess Plateau after about 15 years of water depletion in deep soil

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Canopy pruning as a strategy for saving water in a dry land jujube plantation in a loess hilly region of China

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(2019) Scott Jasechko   REVIEWS OF GEOPHYSICS

Characterizing the Fluxes and Age Distribution of Soil Water, Plant Water, and Deep Percolation in a Model Tropical Ecosystem

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Deep soil water extraction by apple sequesters organic carbon via root biomass rather than altering soil organic carbon content

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Rooting Depth and Extreme Precipitation Regulate Groundwater Recharge in the Thick Unsaturated Zone: A Case Study

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Elucidating controls of the variability of deep soil bulk density

(2019) Yanwei Lu et al.   GEODERMA

How afforestation affects the water cycle in drylands: A process‐based comparative analysis

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Quantify Piston and Preferential Water Flow in Deep Soil Using Cl− and Soil Water Profiles in Deforested Apple Orchards on the Loess Plateau, China

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Effects of apple orchards converted from farmlands on soil water balance in the deep loess deposits based on HYDRUS-1D model

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Using tritium and other geochemical tracers to address the “old water paradox” in headwater catchments

(2018) Ian Cartwright et al.   JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY

The water balance components of Mediterranean pine trees on a steep mountain slope during two hydrologically contrasting years

(2018) Marinos Eliades et al.   JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY

Soil moisture dynamics and dominant controls at different spatial scales over semiarid and semi-humid areas

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Direct observations of rock moisture, a hidden component of the hydrologic cycle

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Deep rooted apple trees decrease groundwater recharge in the highland region of the Loess Plateau, China

(2018) Zhiqiang Zhang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

The effects of land use change on soil infiltration capacity in China: A meta-analysis

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Sap flow of black locust in response to short-term drought in southern Loess Plateau of China

(2018) Qingyin Zhang et al.   Scientific Reports

Excessive Afforestation and Soil Drying on China's Loess Plateau

(2018) Shuilei Zhang et al.   Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences

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Water mining from the deep critical zone by apple trees growing on loess

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Quantifying dual recharge mechanisms in deep unsaturated zone of Chinese Loess Plateau using stable isotopes

(2018) Wei Xiang et al.   GEODERMA

Groundwater recharge mechanism in an integrated tableland of the Loess Plateau, northern China: insights from environmental tracers

(2017) Tianming Huang et al.   HYDROGEOLOGY JOURNAL

Tritium analysis shows apple trees may be transpiring water several decades old

(2017) Zhi Qiang Zhang et al.   HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES

Soil moisture decline due to afforestation across the Loess Plateau, China

(2017) Xiaoxu Jia et al.   JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY

Temporal stability analysis identifies soil water relations under different land use types in an oasis agroforestry ecosystem

(2016) Yongkun Zhang et al.   GEODERMA

How much information can soil solute profiles reveal about groundwater recharge?

(2016) Tianming Huang et al.   GEOSCIENCES JOURNAL

Substantial proportion of global streamflow less than three months old

(2016) Scott Jasechko et al.   Nature Geoscience

Revegetation in China’s Loess Plateau is approaching sustainable water resource limits

(2016) Xiaoming Feng et al.   Nature Climate Change

Canopy transpiration of a semi arid Pinus canariensis forest at a treeline ecotone in two hydrologically contrasting years

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(2015) Jaivime Evaristo et al.   NATURE

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Intraspecific variation in the use of water sources by the circum-Mediterranean coniferPinus halepensis

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Characteristics of Dried Soil Layers Under Apple Orchards of Different Ages and Their Applications in Soil Water Managements on the Loess Plateau of China

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Soil water and root distribution under jujube plantations in the semiarid Loess Plateau region, China

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Hydrologic connectivity constrains partitioning of global terrestrial water fluxes

(2015) S. P. Good et al.   SCIENCE

Response of soil water dynamics to precipitation years under different vegetation types on the northern Loess Plateau, China

(2015) Bingxia Liu et al.   Journal of Arid Land

Larger trees suffer most during drought in forests worldwide

(2015) Amy C. Bennett et al.   Nature Plants

A Global Analysis of Groundwater Recharge for Vegetation, Climate, and Soils

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Water Dynamics of the Root Zone: Rhizosphere Biophysics and Its Control on Soil Hydrology

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Annual runoff and evapotranspiration of forestlands and non-forestlands in selected basins of the Loess Plateau of China

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Spatially downscaling GCMs outputs to project changes in extreme precipitation and temperature events on the Loess Plateau of China during the 21st Century

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Soil water dynamics and deep soil recharge in a record wet year in the southern Loess Plateau of China

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(2010) Daniel Markewitz et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Water balance in afforestation chronosequences of common oak and Norway spruce on former arable land in Denmark and southern Sweden

(2009) Lars Rosenqvist et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Ecohydrologic separation of water between trees and streams in a Mediterranean climate

(2009) J. Renée Brooks et al.   Nature Geoscience

Longer-term effects of pine and eucalypt plantations on streamflow

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