Porada P., Van Stan II J.T. & Kleidon A.
(2018):
Significant contribution of non-vascular vegetation to global rainfall interception,
Nature Geoscience,
11: 563–567
Non-vascular vegetation has been shown to capture considerable quantities of rainfall, which may affect the hydrological cycle and climate at continental scales. However, direct measurements of rainfall interception by non-vascular vegetation are confined to the local scale, which makes extrapolation to the global effects difficult. Here we use a process-based numerical simulation model to show that non-vascular vegetation contributes substantially to global rainfall interception. Inferred average …
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