In addition, the author’s previous research found that the water storage and moisture retention effects of terraced fields were quite significant compared with sloping fields; therefore, the soil moisture content in the 0–20 cm soil layer of the maize terraced field was higher than that of the other three sloping land use types in the 2014 and 2015 growing seasons ( Tang et al., 2019a ).
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Land use affects the response of soil moisture and soil temperature to environmental factors in the loess hilly region of China.
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