Water-Soil-Vegetation Nexus and Climate Change presents a broad overview of the research needs and approaches regarding water-soil-vegetation nexus and climate change. It includes chapters discussing water budget and factors that affect hydrologic processes such as precipitation, runoff, infiltration, evapotranspiration, soil water, and groundwater, in addition to a focus on consumptive (e.g., domestic and irrigation) and non-consumptive (e.g., eco-environmental) water uses, and water shortage.
Throughout Water-Soil-Vegetation Nexus and Climate Change chapters specifically deal with the fundamental principles and also case studies, applications, and decision support tools, that can be usable for developing practical management measures in sustaining our eco-environment and society by maintaining an optimal water-soil-vegetation equilibrium. Written with water resources students and professors in mind, this book will provide the reader with further knowledge on the water-soil-vegetation nexus and its connection to climate change.
1. Water-Soil-Vegetation Nexus and Climate Change - p. i 2. Cover - p. i 3. Title Page - p. i 4. Copyright - p. v 5. Table of Contents - p. v 6. Contributors - p. v 7. Preface - p. v 8. Chapter 1 Precipitation spatiotemporal variations: overview - p. 1 9. Chapter 2 Simulation of evapotranspiration and its components for the mobile dune and meadow wetland using an improved dual-source model in semiarid regions - p. 55 10. Chapter 3 The scale effect of double-ring infiltration and soil infiltration zoning in a semiarid steppe - p. 71 11. Chapter 4 Water footprint in milk agrifood chain in the subhumid and semiarid central region of Argentina - p. 91 12. Chapter 5 Quality-induced water scarcity and countermeasures - p. 117 13. Chapter 6 Soil water retention and unsaturated hydraulic conductivity - p. 159 14. Chapter 7 Dynamics of dry soil layer and evaporation zone during wetting-drying cycles - p. 215 15. Chapter 8 Simulating topsoil drying-wetting dynamics as interrelated with infiltration and evapotranspiration - p. 237 16. Chapter 9 Measuring and modeling wind-water erosion from a semiarid Eurasian Steppe grassland - p. 271 17. Chapter 10 Spatiotemporal variations of net primary production using remote sensing and field data - p. 295 18. Chapter 11 Mechanical effects of plant roots on concentrated flow erosion rates - p. 317 19. Chapter 12 Impact of plant roots on the resistance of soils to erosion by water: a review - p. 345 20. Chapter 13 Characterizing vegetation community compositions of a semiarid ecosystem as affected by soil properties - p. 373 21. Chapter 14 Assessing degradation risk of a semiarid steppe grassland subject to climate-adaptative grazing practice - p. 395 22. Chapter 15 Separating effects of climate change versus human activity on water resources - p. 417 23. Chapter 16 Overall conclusions and future research - p. 439 24. Index - p. 447
Water-Soil-Vegetation Nexus and Climate Change presents a broad overview of the research needs and approaches regarding water-soil-vegetation nexus and climate change. It includes chapters discussing water budget and factors that affect hydrologic processes such as precipitation, runoff, infiltration, evapotranspiration, soil water, and groundwater, in addition to a focus on consumptive (e.g., domestic and irrigation) and non-consumptive (e.g., eco-environmental) water uses, and water shortage.
Throughout Water-Soil-Vegetation Nexus and Climate Change chapters specifically deal with the fundamental principles and also case studies, applications, and decision support tools, that can be usable for developing practical management measures in sustaining our eco-environment and society by maintaining an optimal water-soil-vegetation equilibrium. Written with water resources students and professors in mind, this book will provide the reader with further knowledge on the water-soil-vegetation nexus and its connection to climate change.
1. Water-Soil-Vegetation Nexus and Climate Change - p. i 2. Cover - p. i 3. Title Page - p. i 4. Copyright - p. v 5. Table of Contents - p. v 6. Contributors - p. v 7. Preface - p. v 8. Chapter 1 Precipitation spatiotemporal variations: overview - p. 1 9. Chapter 2 Simulation of evapotranspiration and its components for the mobile dune and meadow wetland using an improved dual-source model in semiarid regions - p. 55 10. Chapter 3 The scale effect of double-ring infiltration and soil infiltration zoning in a semiarid steppe - p. 71 11. Chapter 4 Water footprint in milk agrifood chain in the subhumid and semiarid central region of Argentina - p. 91 12. Chapter 5 Quality-induced water scarcity and countermeasures - p. 117 13. Chapter 6 Soil water retention and unsaturated hydraulic conductivity - p. 159 14. Chapter 7 Dynamics of dry soil layer and evaporation zone during wetting-drying cycles - p. 215 15. Chapter 8 Simulating topsoil drying-wetting dynamics as interrelated with infiltration and evapotranspiration - p. 237 16. Chapter 9 Measuring and modeling wind-water erosion from a semiarid Eurasian Steppe grassland - p. 271 17. Chapter 10 Spatiotemporal variations of net primary production using remote sensing and field data - p. 295 18. Chapter 11 Mechanical effects of plant roots on concentrated flow erosion rates - p. 317 19. Chapter 12 Impact of plant roots on the resistance of soils to erosion by water: a review - p. 345 20. Chapter 13 Characterizing vegetation community compositions of a semiarid ecosystem as affected by soil properties - p. 373 21. Chapter 14 Assessing degradation risk of a semiarid steppe grassland subject to climate-adaptative grazing practice - p. 395 22. Chapter 15 Separating effects of climate change versus human activity on water resources - p. 417 23. Chapter 16 Overall conclusions and future research - p. 439 24. Index - p. 447
