The importance of considering rainfall partitioning in afforestation initiatives in semiarid climates: A comparison of common planted tree species in Tehran, Iran

SMM Sadeghi, P Attarod, JT Van Stan… - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
As plantations become increasingly important sources of wood and fiber in arid/semiarid
places, they have also become increasingly criticized for their hydrological impacts. An …

Impact of interacting bark structure and rainfall conditions on stemflow variability in a temperate beech-oak forest, central Germany

JT Van Stan, ES Lewis, A Hildebrandt… - Hydrological …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Trees concentrate rainfall to near-stem soils via stemflow. When canopy structures are
organized appropriately, stemflow can even induce preferential flow through soils …