Effects of forestland and
grassland restoration process on soil infiltration characteristics in loess hilly region. Journal of
Beijing Forestry University ( 2017) 39( 1) 62--69 [Ch,28 ref.]
1 Institute of Soil and Water Conservation,Northwest A&F University,Yangling,Shaanxi,712100,P.
R. China;
2 Institute of Soil and Water Conservation,Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water
Resources,Yangling,Shaanxi,712100,P. R. China.
Vegetation restoration can improve the soil infiltration capacity,the way and process of the vegetation
restoration affect the soil properties in soil hydrological characteristics, and it will determine the
distribution of vegetation restoration. In this paper,sites with different restoration types ( secondary
acacia forestland,secondary grassland) and the forestland and grassland whose vegetation restoration
years were 9,15 and 25 located in Guanshan Forest Farm in the west of loess hilly region were chosen as
research objects. We aimed to illustrate the effects of vegetation restoration types and years on the
hydraulic conductivity,the wetting front penetration time of 60 cm column and analyze the factors
affecting the infiltration characteristics in soil layer of 0--60 cm using the constant head infiltration of
undisturbed soil columns in May 2014. The results showed that: 1) the stable infiltration rate,mean
infiltration rate,accumulative infiltration amount in 120 minutes and the wetting front penetration time of
60 cm column in the site of 25 years vegetation restoration forestland were 1. 86,2. 60 mm/min,387. 82
mm,23. 00 min,respectively; in the 15 years vegetation restoration forestland,they were 1. 38,1. 90mm/min,288. 88 mm,35. 33 min; in the 9 years vegetation restoration forestland,they were 0. 35,1. 03
mm/min,194. 50 mm,40. 00 min. Comparatively,these values were 3. 17,3. 17 mm/min,386. 43 mm,
24. 00 min in 25 years vegetation restoration grassland; 1. 86,2. 60 mm/min,387. 82 mm,34. 33 min in
the 15 years vegetation restoration grassland,and 1. 86,2. 60 mm/min,387. 82 mm,38. 33 min in 9 years
vegetation restoration grassland. 2 ) Additionally,the universal empirical model was fitted to the
undisturbed soil columns infiltration process of all the six experimental area. 3) The soil infiltration rate
was positively correlated with the organic matter content and the > 0. 25 mm water-stable aggregates
content,while was negatively correlated with the bulk density. In conclusion,soil infiltration capacity
was enhanced with the restoration years increased; at the same restoration year,soil infiltration capacity
of the grassland performed better than that of the forestland,so it is recommended to increase the
secondary grassland to improve the soil rainfall infiltration rate on the loess hilly region area,where the
water resource is limited.
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