Welcome to Chinese Journal of Ecology! Today is Share:

cje ›› 2005, Vol. ›› Issue (12): 1449-1453.

Previous Articles     Next Articles

Vegetation restoration after emergent water conveyance to lower reach of Tarim River

LI Xia, HOU Ping, DONG Xinguang, ZHU Xiaohu   

  1. Xinjiang Agriculture University, Urumqi 830052, China
  • Received:2004-03-18 Revised:2005-08-17 Online:2005-12-10

Abstract: Based on the vegetation survey on different cross section at different distance from Tarim River after the fourth emergent water conveyance to the lower reach of the River,this paper analyzed the relationships between the underground water depth on the both sides of the lower reach of Tarim River and the ecological restoration of vegetation.The results showed that after the fourth emergent water conveyance,the regeneration of Populus euphratica occurred at the places about 150 m away from the river,with a groundwater depth <4 m.A quantitative relationship was found between vegetation recovery,species composition and growth status,distance from the river,and underground water depth,which supplied a scientific basis for determining the ecological restoration range and the adjustment of water conveyance scheme after emergent water conveyance to the lower reach of Tarim river.

Key words: soil water content, soil bulk density, saturated hydraulic conductivity, spatial variation,  , Karst.

CLC Number: