Fig. 7From: Rapid recovery of desert shrubs is attributed to imbalance of water supply to demand after disturbance in Northwest ChinaPercentage of root water uptake of four five-year-old desert shrubs and one-year-old resprouts. Percentage of root water uptake from shallow soil, middle soil, deep soil and groundwater of (a) A. canescens; (b) C. korshinskii; (c) C. mongolicum; (d) H. scoparium. Darkgreen labeled control represents five-year-old seedlings; tan labeled resprout represents one-year-old resprouts; ns indicates non-significant differences between one-year-old resprouts and five-year-old seedlings; standard error bar was shown above each column (one-way ANOVAs)Back to article page