Efficient organic mulch thickness for soil and water conservation in urban areas

Abstract The use of organic mulch is important for urban green applications. For urban areas in arid and semiarid regions receiving short high-intensive rainfall, rainfall characteristics, and soil slope play an important role for mulch functioning. These properties of mulch were studied. For this p...

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Main Authors: Bing Wang, Jianzhi Niu, Ronny Berndtsson, Linus Zhang, Xiongwen Chen, Xiang Li, Zhijun Zhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-85343-x