The objective of this study is to elucidate the biomass production and soil moisture
characteristics of different herb communities at different succession stages in the Loess Hilly-gully Region
on the Loess Plateau. After filed investigation and in situ observation,the aboveground biomass,soil
moisture and their relationships of five different herbaceous communities ( Stipa bungeana,Artemisia
sacrorum,A. giraldii,Bothriochloa ischaemum,S. grandis) in Yanhe Watershed were analyzed. Results
showed that: soil moisture contents of the five plant communities at different succession stages had
obvious vertical distribution characteristics in 0 - 500 cm soil profile,which decreased in 0 - 50 cm layer,
then increased in 50 - 200 cm layer,and maintained stable in 200 - 500 cm layer; aboveground biomass
of plant communities showed an increase at early succession stages,reaching the peak at B. ischaemum
stage ( about 25 years after returning farmland ) ,and decreased thereafter; there existed positive
correlations between aboveground biomass and soil moisture,especially for that in 0 - 200 cm soil layer;plant communities can make use of soil moisture in deeper layers over succession,showing a strong
adaptation to environment.
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