[1]Ren Hongwu,Wang Xing,L Wen,et al.Soil moisture characteristics of artificial Caragana korshinskii Kom. woodland and Medicago sativa L. field in loess hilly area of southern Ningxia[J].Research of Soil and Water Conservation,2025,32(02):158-166,177.[doi:10.13869/j.cnki.rswc.2025.02.003]
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Research of Soil and Water Conservation[ISSN 1005-3409/CN 61-1272/P] Volume:
32
Number of periods:
2025 02
Page number:
158-166,177
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Public date:
2025-01-20
- Title:
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Soil moisture characteristics of artificial Caragana korshinskii Kom. woodland and Medicago sativa L. field in loess hilly area of southern Ningxia
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Ren Hongwu1, Wang Xing1, Lü Wen2,3, Teng Yuan1, Yang Zhaoyu2, Hou Jiana1, Ma Weiwei2
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(1.School of Forestry and Prataculture, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China; 2.School of Ecology and Environment, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China; 3.Key Laboratory of Restoration and Reconstruction of Degraded Ecosystems in Northwest China, Ministry of Education, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China)
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- Keywords:
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soil moisture; Caragana korshinskii Kom.; Medicago sativa L.; variation of soil water storage
- CLC:
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S152.7
- DOI:
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10.13869/j.cnki.rswc.2025.02.003
- Abstract:
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[Objective]The aims of this study are to explore the soil moisture characteristics of Caragana korshinskii Kom. and Medicago sativa L., to elucidate the impact of artificial vegetation on soil moisture in the southern mountainous areas of Ningxia, and to provide scientific basis for high-quality development of the ecological environment. [Methods]An automatic soil moisture monitoring system was used to monitor the soil moisture in 0—200 cm soil layer of planted Caragana korshinskii Kom. woodland(20 a)and Medicago sativa L. field(18 a)in Pengyang County, Guyuan City, Ningxia. [Results](1)There were significant differences in soil moisture contents of artificial Caragana korshinskii Kom. woodland and Medicago sativa L. field(p<0.05). The average soil moisture content in 0—200 cm soil layer was higher in Caragana korshinskii Kom. forest than that in Medicago sativa L. field. The decrease of soil water content in Medicago sativa L. field was greater than that in Caragana korshinskii Kom. forest.(2)The soil water content in 0—200 cm layer of Caragana korshinskii Kom. forest increased first, then decreased and then increased again. The overall trend of soil water content for Medicago sativa L. field showed a S-shaped pattern.(3)The vertical variation coefficient of soil moisture in artificial Caragana korshinskii Kom. forest and Medicago sativa L. field tended to be stable in 60—200 cm soil layer and 40—200 cm soil layer, respectively, and the variation coefficient of soil moisture in artificial Caragana korshinskii Kom. woodland was greater than that in Medicago sativa L. field in 30—40 cm soil layer.(4)The average soil water storage in 0—200 cm soil layer of artificial Caragana korshinskii Kom. woodland was significantly higher than that in Medicago sativa L. field(p<0.05), and the average soil water storage in artificial Caragana korshinskii Kom. woodland was higher than that in Medicago sativa L. field from May 7 to June 7 and from June 26 to July 9.(5)The deepest response depths of soil moisture content to rainfall in 0—200 cm soil layer for artificial Caragana korshinskii Kom. forest and Medicago sativa L. field were 40 cm and 30 cm, respectively. Soil water content in 0—30 cm soil layer of artificial Caragana korshinskii Kom. forest responded more rapidly to rainfall than Medicago sativa L. field. [Conclusion]Compared with artificial Caragana korshinskii Kom. forest, the average soil moisture content in 0—200 cm soil layer in Medicago sativa L. field was lower, and the soil moisture content of 40—200 cm soil layer was limited by precipitation recharge, which was easy to cause water deficit.