Effects of Afforestation and Natural Revegetation on Soil Moisture Dynamics in Paired Watersheds in the Loess Plateau of China

Z Jin1, Li Guo2, Henry Lin3, Yunqiang Wang4 and Guangcheng Chu4, (1)State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an, China, (2)College of Water Resource and Hydropower, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China, (3)Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States, (4)Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an city, China