[1]YUAN Fang,ZHANG Zhenshi,ZHANG Peng,et al.Path Analysis of Influencing Factors of Spatial Distribution of Biological Soil Crust in Small Watershed of Northern Shaanxi[J].Research of Soil and Water Conservation,2015,22(06):30-35,41.
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Research of Soil and Water Conservation[ISSN 1005-3409/CN 61-1272/P] Volume:
22
Number of periods:
2015 06
Page number:
30-35,41
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Public date:
2015-12-28
- Title:
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Path Analysis of Influencing Factors of Spatial Distribution of Biological Soil Crust in Small Watershed of Northern Shaanxi
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YUAN Fang1, ZHANG Zhenshi3, ZHANG Peng1, BU Chongfeng1,2
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1. Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China;
2. Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Resources, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China;
3. Powerchina Northwest Engineering Corporation Limited, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710065, China
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- Keywords:
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biological soil crust; spatial distribution; path analysis; influencing factors
- CLC:
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S157
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- Abstract:
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We chose a typical slope in the Loess Plateau, made a comprehensive survey and used the method of path analysis to study the spatial characteristics of the coverage and thickness of biological soil crusts (BSCs) and its relationship with environmental factors. The results showed that: (1) in the study area, BSCs distributed continuously in sand area, and the mean coverage was generally over 30%, while in loess area, it showed a discrete and sporadic distribution, and their coverage was generally below 20%, but thickness and shear strength of BSCs had no significant differences in the sand and loess area(p>0.05): (2) the path analysis showed that the soil texture was the direct factors (Direct path coefficient Psand=0.720) and Artemisia desertorum Spreng coverage was the indirect factor (Indirect path coefficient Psh,sand=0.422) which impacted on the coverage of BSCs, both of them had the promotion role in the coverage of BSCs, the direct positive effect and indirect negative effect of soil moisture content were fair, so the overall contribution was not obvious, direct and indirect effects of altitude were negative, Artemisia desertorum Spreng coverage was the direct factors (Psh=0.329) and slope(Pasp,other=-0.311) and elevation(Pele,other=-0.206) had the biggest indirect effect on the thickness of BSCs; (3) soil moisture content, soil texture, elevation and the coverage of Artemisia desertorum Spreng were the main decision variables of BSC coverage. The direct effect of soil texture and the indirect effect of the Artemisia desertorum Spreng coverage through with the soil texture were the main role of path of BSCs, coverage of Artemisia desertorum Spreng, slope and elevation were the main decision variables of BSCs thickness, the direct effect of Artemisia desertorum Spreng coverage, and the indirect effect of the slope which was through the Artemisia desertorum Spreng coverage and the elevation which was through the Poa sphondylodes Trin. coverage were the main role of the path of BSCs.