Soil water use sources and patterns in shrub encroachment in semiarid grasslands of Inner Mongolia
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology（2021）
Abstract
•Artemisia ordosica has a flexible water use pattern with soil water availability.•Stipa bungeana mainly uses shallow soil water during the growing seasons.•Hydrologic niches separation of grass and shrub may drive shrub encroachment.
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Key words
Shrub encroachment,Stable δ18O isotope,Proportional similarity index,Root vertical distribution,Water use sources,Hydrological niche
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