supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(41025001and41130640);the Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities of China,and Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University,China(IRT1108)
Water is the source of all the creatures on the earth and energy is the main factor driving the world. With the increasing population and global change, water and energy conservation have become worldwide focal issues...
National Natural Science Foundation of China (41025001, 41130640 );We would like to thank the anonymous reviewers for their valuable and constructive comments. The authors also wish to thank the Shuai Guan-yuan and Sun Xiu-min for assistance in the field work.
Water is the most critical factor for controlling die vegetation pattern in arid and semiarid regions.Using a dye-tracing experiment,we analyzed the infiltration pattern beneath shrub canopy and interspace grass patch...