XU Miaomiao, MENG Chen, WANG Xing, et al. Study on the Effect of Grazing and Enclosure on the Preferential Flow of Soil in Desert Grassland and Shrub Grassland[J]. 2023, 37(3): 81-86.
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XU Miaomiao, MENG Chen, WANG Xing, et al. Study on the Effect of Grazing and Enclosure on the Preferential Flow of Soil in Desert Grassland and Shrub Grassland[J]. 2023, 37(3): 81-86. DOI: 10.13870/j.cnki.stbcxb.2023.03.011.
Study on the Effect of Grazing and Enclosure on the Preferential Flow of Soil in Desert Grassland and Shrub Grassland
In order to explore effect of the enclosure of shrub grassland on soil preferential flow
typical desert area in Ningxia province
Wuzhong city was taken as the study area
field infiltration dyeing test and image processing analysis were used. The results showed that: (1) In the fenced and enclosed plots
the infiltration staining images showed obvious difference. In the fenced and enclosed plots
grassland
natural Caragana korshinskii forest and artificial C. korshinskii forest showed uniform distribution at 0-125
0-115 and 0-105 cm
respectively
and branching at 125-240
115-150 and 105-140 cm. While in the grazing management plots
the infiltration staining images of grassland
natural C. korshinskii forest and artificial C. korshinskii forest showed uniform distribution in 0-80
0-70 and 0-80 cm
respectively. The depth of soil preferential flow was deepened due to fencing. (2) The area ratio of soil profile staining was as follows: fenced grassland > fenced natural C. korshinskii forest > fenced artificial C. korshinskii forest > grazing management artificial C. korshinskii forest > grazing management natural C. korshinskii forest > grazing management grassland. The depth of soil staining was as follows: fenced grassland > fenced natural C. korshinskii forest > grazing managed grassland > grazing managed natural C. korshinskii forest > fenced artificial C. korshinskii forest > grazing managed artificial C. korshinskii forest. Fenced management would lead to the increase of soil profile staining area ratio and depth. (3) Soil preferential flow variation coefficient of performance was as follows: grazing management natural C. korshinskii woodland > grazing management artificial C. korshinskii > enclosure cultivating natural C. korshinskii woodland > grazing management grassland > grazing management cultivating artificial C. korshinskii forest land > enclosures fence grassland. Grazing management will lead to increment of soil preferential flow. Cultivating and enclosures will reduce the degree of preferential flow shrub forest and grass. Therefore
in arid and semi-arid areas such as desert steppe
fencing can be an important management method to improve the uniform infiltration depth of soil water
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