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SUBMITTER: Caplan JS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6739112 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Caplan Joshua S JS Giménez Daniel D Hirmas Daniel R DR Brunsell Nathaniel A NA Blair John M JM Knapp Alan K AK
Science advances 20190911 9
Soil hydraulic properties influence the partitioning of rainfall into infiltration versus runoff, determine plant-available water, and constrain evapotranspiration. Although rapid changes in soil hydraulic properties from direct human disturbance are well documented, climate change may also induce such shifts on decadal time scales. Using soils from a 25-year precipitation manipulation experiment, we found that a 35% increase in water inputs substantially reduced infiltration rates and modestly ...[more]