[1]CAI Jinjun,ZHANG Yuanrun,PAN Zhanbing,et al.The Characteristics of Spatiotemporal Variability of Soil Water of Alfalfa Fields in Hilly and Gully Loess Regions of Ningxia[J].Research of Soil and Water Conservation,2016,23(01):75-79,85.
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Research of Soil and Water Conservation[ISSN 1005-3409/CN 61-1272/P] Volume:
23
Number of periods:
2016 01
Page number:
75-79,85
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Public date:
2016-02-28
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The Characteristics of Spatiotemporal Variability of Soil Water of Alfalfa Fields in Hilly and Gully Loess Regions of Ningxia
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CAI Jinjun, ZHANG Yuanrun, PAN Zhanbing, DONG Liguo, XU Hao, WANG Yueling, JI Bo, MA Pan, HAN Xinsheng, LI Shengbao
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Institute of Desertification Control, Ningxia Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Yinchuan 750002, China
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- Keywords:
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Medicago sativa; soil water content; spatial and temporal variability
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S152.7
- DOI:
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- Abstract:
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Soil moisture is one of the restrictive ecological factors affecting the growth of vegetation and ecological restoration in the semi-arid region, the research for variation of soil moisture has the important role and practical significance for guidance to fragile ecosystems restoration and production practices. The temporal and spatial scales of variation of soil moisture condition in alfalfa fields were analyzed in semi-arid loess hilly region. The results showed that: (1) the inter annual variation of soil volumetric water contents in different types of alfalfa fileds was substantially same, variations in the growing season could be roughly divided into three periods: the soil water consumption period (from March to May), relative soil moisture stabilization period (from June to July) and soil moisture accumulation period (from August to October); (2) if the coefficients of variation of the soil volumetric water contents in different soil depths were set as the standard, vertical distribution could be divided into three layers in soil profile: soil moisture rapid change layer(0—20 cm), soil moisture active layer(20—80 cm), and soil moisture relative stabilizing layer(80—180 cm); (3) soil volumetric water contents decreased in the order: the west slope>north slope > south slope > east slope, the patterns of soil water contents were almost the same in different years in terms of the slope aspects, but there were small-scale fluctuations, the variation levels increased in the order: upper slope < middle slope < down slope with respect to the slope positions, the variation was roughly same in different years.