Liu Xiaoe, Su Shiping, Li Yi. Soil Infiltration Characteristics Under Five Forest Types in Southern and Northern Mountains of Lanzhou City[J]. Bulletin of Soiland Water Conservation, 2021, 41(3): 69-75.
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Liu Xiaoe, Su Shiping, Li Yi. Soil Infiltration Characteristics Under Five Forest Types in Southern and Northern Mountains of Lanzhou City[J]. Bulletin of Soiland Water Conservation, 2021, 41(3): 69-75. DOI: 10.13961/j.cnki.stbctb.2021.03.010.
Soil Infiltration Characteristics Under Five Forest Types in Southern and Northern Mountains of Lanzhou City
[Objective] The improvement degree of soil permeability in the artificial pure forest and mixed forest with different tree species conposition during the growth process was investigated
in order to provide a scientific basis for the selection of tree species during forest construction and during the tending and management of existing tree stands in this area. [Methods] Soil infiltration characteristics based on the double ring infiltration method
including initial infiltration
stable infiltration
average infiltration
and accumulative water quantity
were studied under five different forest types that included Platycladus orientalis
Populus alba var pyramidalis
Robinia pseudoacacia
P. orientalis+R. pseudoacacia
and P. alba var pyramidalis+R. pseudoacacia in the southern and northern mountains of Lanzhou City
Gansu Province. [Results] Soil infiltration characteristics decreased with increasing soil depth in the 0—80 cm soil layer. Soil infiltration characteristics under different forest types followed the order of P. alba var pyramidalis+R. pseudoacacia > P. orientalis+R. pseudoacacia > R. pseudoacacia > P. orientalis > P. alba var pyramidalis
indicating that infiltration characteristics of mixed forests were better than those of pure forests. A common empirical infiltration model provided the best estimates of infiltration processes for the five forest types
followed by the Horton
the Philip
and the Kostiakov models. Soil infiltration characteristics had extremely significant positive correlations with soil water content
total porosity
soil organic matter
soil total nitrogen
and mineral nitrogen. Additionally
soil infiltration characteristics had significant positive correlations with capillary porosity
and noncapillary porosity
and had significant negative correlations with soil bulk density. [Conclusion] These research results would be useful for providing a theoretical basis for the selection of tree species in the construction of artificial forests in the northern and southern mountains of Lanzhou City.
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