HU Yang, DENG Yan, JIANG Zhongcheng, et al. Effects of Vegetation Restoration on Distribution and Stability of Soil Aggregate in Typical Karst Mountains[J]. Bulletin of Soiland Water Conservation, 2015, 35(1): 61-67.
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HU Yang, DENG Yan, JIANG Zhongcheng, et al. Effects of Vegetation Restoration on Distribution and Stability of Soil Aggregate in Typical Karst Mountains[J]. Bulletin of Soiland Water Conservation, 2015, 35(1): 61-67. DOI: 10.13961/j.cnki.stbctb.2015.01.012.
Effects of Vegetation Restoration on Distribution and Stability of Soil Aggregate in Typical Karst Mountains
[Objective] To understand the influence of vegetation restoration on the distribution and stability of the soil aggregate in karst mountains.[Methods] Based on the field survey and laboratory analysis
we studied the basic physical and chemical properties of the soil
the distribution and stability of the soil aggregate from wasteland
grassland
bushwood
forest-shrub under four different vegetation coverages in typical karst mountains in Guohua Town
Pinguo County
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.[Results] (1) The water-stable soil aggregate of diameter >0.25 mm was significantly negative with soil bulk density and significantly positive with soil organic carbon; (2) The water-stable soil aggregate was mainly in diameter in diameter of 2~1 mm
1~0.5 mm and <0.25 mm
and the water-stable soil aggregate of diameter >0.25 mm in grassland
bushwood and forest-shrub is obviously higher than in wasteland
while the topsoil is higher than the subsoil; (3) With the increase of soil depths
the destruction rate of the soil aggregate increases; the destruction rate order of the soil aggregate was:grassland< bushwood< forest-shrub< wasteland
the mean mass diameter and gemetric mean diameter of grassland and bushwood is significantly higher than wasteland and forest-shrub.[Conclusion] The vegetation restoration increases the stability of the soil aggregate
and the soil aggregate stability of grassland and bushwood are more higher
which are more conducive to soil and water conservation
and can be used as the main vegetation types for soil and water conservation in this area.
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