Vegetation series, curve numbers and soil water availabilities. Application to forest restoration in drylands

Rainfall intermittency and vegetation feedbacks in drylands

We discuss a simplifed, conceptual model for the dynamics of the soil-vegetation system in drylands. The model considers the different dynamical processes taking place in vegetated and non-vegetated soil and it distinguishes between the upper soil layer, where rapid evaporation dominates, and the deeper root layer where only plant transpiration takes place. We explore the role of rainfall inter...

Optimality and soil water-vegetation dynamics

1 School of Environmental Systems Engineering, The University of Western Australia, Australia 2 Centre for Water Research, The University of Western Australia, Australia 3 Environmental Biology Group, Research School of Biological Sciences & Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia 4 School of Geography and Environmental Science, Monash Universi...

Semi-Circular Bunds Effect on Restoration of Plant Vegetation and Soil Properties in Koteh Rangeland, Sistan and Baloochestan Province, Iran

In dry lands, semi-circular bund has been considered as a management practice used to restore the ecological revival in terms of vegetation enrichment and soil amelioration. This study was conducted to investigate the effects of semi-circular bunds on vegetation cover and some soil properties in Koteh rangeland, Sistan and Baloochestan province, Iran (2014). Adjacent to the semi-circular bund a...

Swelling Bulk Density and its Application in Arya and Paris Model for Soil Moisture Curve Prediction

VARIATION IN SOil WATER AND SOil AIR CONTENTS ASSOCIATED WITH A VEGETATION - SOil SEQUENCE IN

SU.M~IARY: This paper describes part of a study of vegetation/soil system dynamics in which d~e re]ationships were demonstrated bctween structuraJ chang<' of the forest, with"associated changes in composition, and changes in otganic matter and soil physical properties, particularly the quantities cf water and air in non-capillarypores. Becausc of these rcsults an a.nalysis,\','as made of the qu...