XIE Zhengfeng, WANG Dongmei, ZHANG Peng, et al. Spatial Variation of Soil Moisture and Its Environmental Influencing Factors in A Small Watershed in the Loess Alpine Region[J]. 2022, 36(4): 196-203.
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XIE Zhengfeng, WANG Dongmei, ZHANG Peng, et al. Spatial Variation of Soil Moisture and Its Environmental Influencing Factors in A Small Watershed in the Loess Alpine Region[J]. 2022, 36(4): 196-203. DOI: 10.13870/j.cnki.stbcxb.2022.04.025.
Spatial Variation of Soil Moisture and Its Environmental Influencing Factors in A Small Watershed in the Loess Alpine Region
There are few studies on the spatial heterogeneity law and response mechanism of soil water under the synergistic effect of topography
vegetation and other elements at the regional watershed scale. Taking the typical small watershed restored by artificial forest in Datong
Qinghai Province as the research object
three slope aspects (shady slope
semi-shady slope and sunny slope) were selected
and the sample points were laid out in three transect belts
which were in a radial pattern. Statistical analysis
principal componentanalysis and redundancy analysis methods were used to study the soil moisture spatial variation characteristics in 0-20 cm
20-40 cm
40-60 cm
60-80 cm and 80-100 cm layers at the beginning and the end of the growing season
as well as the effects of environmental factors (altitude
vegetation height
vegetation canopy
aboveground biomass
herb richness
herb cover and dry weight of litter). The results showed that the average and maximum water content at the end of the growing season were both greater than those at the beginning of the growing season
and the maximum and average values of volumetric water content in each slope aspect followed the order of shady slope>semi-shady slope>sunny slope
and each soil layer showed a moderate variation (10%sunny slope>shady slope at the initial stage
and at the final stage the order was sunny slope>semi-shady slope>shady slope. The water sampling point interval should be from 36.50 to 448.90 m at the initial stage and 18.30 to 552.40 m at the final stage. The redundancy analysis results showed that altitude was the main controlling factor affecting soil moisture heterogeneity in the alpine region of Qinghai
with an explanation rate of 35.3% (p<0.01)
followed by the herb richness
with an explanation rate of 26.1% (p<0.01).Vegetation height and vegetation crown width also had significant effects. The research's results could provide data and theoretical reference for the study of the eco-hydrological process and the subsequent vegetation restorationin small watershed of returning farmland to forest in the loess alpine region of Qinghai.
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