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Effects of artificial seabuckthorn forest on soil and water conservation in loess hilly region

CHEN Yunming,LIU Guobin,XU Bingcheng   

  1. Institute of Soil and Water Conservation,Chinese Academy of Sciences and Northwest Sci-Tech University of Agriculture and Forest,Yangling 712100,China

  • Received:2004-03-08 Revised:2004-12-24 Online:2005-04-18

Abstract: Seabuckthorn is regarded as a main eco-economical tree species,and plays an increasing important role in ecoenvironmental construction in Northwest, Northeast and North China.Our study on artificial seabuckthorn forest in loess hilly region showed that the average rainfall interception rate of 7~10 ages seabuckthorn canopy was 8.5%,and the litter layer of 5~10 ages seabuckthorn forest could intercept 0.89 mm rainfall.Seabuckthorn forest could improve soil infiltration and anti-strike ability through improving soil physical and chemical properties,and the numbers of its hair roots and the depth of its litter layer were the main indices of soil anti-strike ability.The effects of seabuckthorn forest on soil and water conservation increased with its increasing age.In 2~3 ages stage,the effects were weak,and the runoff and sediment were mainly affected by the characters of rainfall.In 4~5 ages stage when the forest became maturing,the annual runoff depth and annual erosion modulus were 1.8~3.2 mm and 24.64 t·km-2,respectively.In 6~12 ages stage when the forest matured,the runoff and sediment on seabuckthorn woodland changed slowly,the annual runoff depth and annual erosion modulus being 0.3~3.4 mm and 0~6.75 t·km-2,respectively, and the characters of rainfall had much less effect on them.In the stage from young (2~5 ages) to mature forest,the sediment charge in runoff changed sharply,ranged from 77.31 kg·m-3 to 9.12 kg·m-3,but in 6~12 ages stage, the sediment content in runoff changed very slowly,and the range was 0~5.09 kg·m-3.

Key words: Solar greenhouse, CO2 concentration, Diurnal change, Seasonal change, Spacial distribution