Impacts of moss-dominated biocrusts on rainwater infiltration, vertical water flow, and surface soil evaporation in drylands

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• moss 100%
• rainwater 95%
• bare soil 87%
• soil surface 82%
• water flow 80%
• infiltration 77%
• evaporation 74%
• loess 29%
• dye 28%
• soil 26%
• soil moisture 25%
• soil water 25%
• plateau 23%
• field capacity 19%
• shallow soil 19%
• experiment 18%
• lysimeter 18%
• physicochemical property 16%
• soil depth 16%
• ecosystem function 16%
• soil profile 14%
• flow pattern 14%
• skin 13%
• soil property 13%
• deep water 13%
• water content 12%
• organic matter 10%
• in situ 9%
• water 9%
• particle 7%
• distribution 5%
• rate 5%
• effect 3%