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Table 5 Daily change of simulated soil water potential by transpiration depending on aboveground mass.

From: Effects of simulated daily precipitation patterns on annual plant populations depend on life stage and climatic region

  

Total shoot mass (mt,d)

Soil layer

Depth

>10 mg

>100 mg

>200 mg

O

0–1 cm

no effect of transpiration

A1

1–5 cm

1.05 Ψ

1.1 Ψ

1.2 Ψ

A2

5–10 cm

1.1 Ψ

1.3 Ψ

1.4 Ψ

A3

10–15 cm

 

1.3 Ψ

1.4 Ψ

A4

15 cm – C

  

1.2 Ψ

C

>16 ... >30 cm

no effect of transpiration

  1. Ψ: soil water potential (MPa). Thickness of the A4 layer differs among regions (see additional file 1: ParametersSoil.pdf).