Soil Moisture
Benchmark Value
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Evidence & Context
Lower Critical Threshold: Plant water stress initiates when moisture drops below the critical threshold (θcrit), estimated at ~26% volumetric water content for humid ecosystems, which is the most relevant analogue for this biome.
Critical soil moisture threshold ( B8crit) below which evapotranspiration becomes limited by water availability, inducing plant water stress.
This benchmark defines the soil moisture level below which plants begin to experience water stress in tropical and subtropical rainforest pastures, based on humid ecosystem analogues.
Derived from global eco-hydrological studies as direct field-measured values for this biome and land use are unavailable.
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