[1]WANG Huijing,WANG Hongxi,XIE Yuguang.Hydrology Functions and Water Holding Capacity of Forest Litter in Taihangshan Scenic Area[J].Research of Soil and Water Conservation,2016,23(06):135-139,144.
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Research of Soil and Water Conservation[ISSN 1005-3409/CN 61-1272/P] Volume:
23
Number of periods:
2016 06
Page number:
135-139,144
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Public date:
2016-12-28
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Hydrology Functions and Water Holding Capacity of Forest Litter in Taihangshan Scenic Area
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WANG Huijing, WANG Hongxi, XIE Yuguang
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College of Art and Design, Xingtai University, Xingtai, Hebei 054001, China
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- Keywords:
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Taihangshan; forest; litter; soil; hydrology functions
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S715.3
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- Abstract:
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A preliminary study on hydrological effects of litter and soil was carried out at four different altitudes in Taihangshan scenic area. The results showed that:(1) the thickness of under-composed layer at different altitudes was more than half than that of total litter thickness, and semi-decomposed layer was more than half than that of total litter thickness, which decreased in the order:coniferous forest > mingled forest > broad-leaved forest > bushwood, and the total volume of litter increased with the increase of altitude, which suggested that litter decomposition speed was slow at low altitude and fast at high altitude; (2) the maximum capacity of soil moisture, the maximum rate of soil moisture, natural moisture rate, the effective rate of interception and the effective capacity of interception increased with the increase of altitude, which decreased in the order:coniferous forest > mingled forest > broad-leaved forest > bushwood and under-composed layer > semi-decomposed layer, and indicated that the water conservation ability was higher at high altitude and weaker at low altitude; (3) soil bulk density decreased with the increase of altitude, which decreased in the order:bushwood > broad-leaved forest > mingled forest > coniferous forest, and soil total porosity, noncapillary poropsity, capillary poropsity, soil maximum moisture rate, maximum water holding capacity, water holding capacity and effective reservoir space increased with the increase of altitude. which decreased in the order:coniferous forest > mingled forest > broad-leaved forest > bushwood; (4) correlation analysis showed that soil permeability was significantly positive correlated to soil total porosity and noncapillary poropsity (p < 0.01), and noncapillary poropsity had a more significant effect on soil permeability. Generally, the water conservation function gradually increased with the increase of altitude in Taihangshan scenic area forest.