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The global bamboo area has expanded by almost 50% in the past 30 years. These bamboo stands could impact rainfall partitioning and chemical characteristics. In this study, a field experiment was established to determine the rainfall physical partitioning and chemical characteristics in a bamboo stand in eastern China. The field experiment revealed that rainfall in the bamboo stand was partitioned into throughfall, stemflow, and interception loss, accounting for 80.2%, 9.0%, and 10.8% of the gross rainfall, respectively. The bamboo stand had significant effects on the pH and concentrations of Cl−, NO3−, SO42−, Ca2+, Mg2+, K+, Na+, and NH4+ in rainfall and water and element fluxes. The atmospheric rainfall pH value decreased as rainfall passed through the canopy of the bamboo stand. The elemental concentrations and element fluxes increased as rainfall passed through the canopy of the bamboo stand. Although canopy interception resulted in the lower annual water fluxes in the bamboo stand than in an open field, annual element fluxes in the bamboo stand were higher than those in the open field. The results of the study will facilitate a greater understanding of the atmospheric rainfall partitioning and hydrochemical fluxes in bamboo stands.
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This work was funded by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (grant number 2021YFD2201202), Biodiversity Protection Project of Ministry of Ecology and Environment, China (grant number 2110404), and Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD).
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Yang, T., Li, Y., Ouyang, X. et al. Bamboo Plantation Establishment Changes Rainfall Partitioning and Chemistry. Ecosystems 26, 1326–1334 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-023-00834-4
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