[1]LAN Yanan,SUN Xu,QIN Fucang,et al.Study on the Water Holding Capacity of the Litter Layer Under Different Forest Types in the North Slope of Yinshan Mountain[J].Research of Soil and Water Conservation,2019,26(06):151-157.
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Research of Soil and Water Conservation[ISSN 1005-3409/CN 61-1272/P] Volume:
26
Number of periods:
2019 06
Page number:
151-157
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Public date:
2019-10-17
- Title:
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Study on the Water Holding Capacity of the Litter Layer Under Different Forest Types in the North Slope of Yinshan Mountain
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LAN Yanan, SUN Xu, QIN Fucang, WU Du, LI Yanan
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College of Desert Control Science and Engineering, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010011, China
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- Keywords:
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litter; water holding capacity; modified interception; Wuchuan County
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S714.7
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- Abstract:
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In order to understand the water holding capacity of litter of different forest types in the study area and its impact on water conservation and soil conservation, the combination of field investigation and immersion experiment is used to investigate the different characteristics of 11 types of forests in Wuchuan County, Hohhot City, Inner Mongolia. These characteristics include litter accumulation, maximum water holding capacity, water absorption rate and effective storage capacity. The results show that:(1) the total litter storage capacities of the 11 different forest land types range from 0.74 t/hm2 to 5.09 t/hm2, among which the maximum storage is observed in stand of Larixprincipis-rupprechtii, and minimum storage is found in the stand of Pinus sylvestris L. var. mongolica Litv.; the storage of natural forest is greater than that of planted forest, and the storage of semi-decomposed layer is greater than that of undecomposed layer; (2) there is a significant difference in water holding capacity of each forest type (p<0.05), which shows increasing trend first and then decreasing trend over time; the water holding capacity changes significantly within the first 4 hours, and then changes relatively smoothly after 8 hours; after 24 hours, water holding capacity of the litter of each forest land reached the maximum level, with the larch (8.5 t/hm2) being the highest and the pine forest (0.99 t/hm2) being the smallest; (3) litter of each forest land has the same water absorption rate, the has a rather high water absorption rate is observed in the natural forest, while the lowest rate is found in Pinus tabulaeformis plantation; (4) among the different forest types, the largest accumulation, the highest water holding capacity and effective storage capacity for precipitation (9.051 t/hm2) are observed in the larch forest, followed by the mixed forest of Pinus tabulaeformis and Prunus sibirica apricot (2.847 t/hm2). In conclusion, natural forests such as larch have the high water holding capacity, followed by Pinus tabulaeformis plantations; the water holding capacity of Armenia sibirica and Caragana microphylla shrubs is comparatively weak.