Revegetation is a traditional practice widely used for soil protection. We evaluated the effect of natural revegetation succession on soil chemical properties and carbon fractions （particulate organic carbon （POC）,...Revegetation is a traditional practice widely used for soil protection. We evaluated the effect of natural revegetation succession on soil chemical properties and carbon fractions （particulate organic carbon （POC）, humus carbon （HS-C）, humic acid carbon （HA-C） and fulvic acid carbon （FA-C）） on the Loess Plateau of China. The vegetation types, in order from the shortest to the longest enclosure duration, were： （a） abandoned overgrazed grassland （AbG3; 3 years）; （b） Hierochloe odorata Beauv. （HiO7; 7 years）; （c） Thymus mongoficus Ronnm （ThM15; 15 years）; （d） Artemisia sacrorum Ledeb （AtS25; 25 years）; （e） Stipa bungeana Trin Ledeb （StB36; 36 years） and （f） Stipa grandis P. Smirn （StG56; 56 years）. The results showed that the concentrations of soil organic carbon, total nitrogen and available phosphorus increased with the increase of restoration time except for ThM15. The concen- tration of NH4-N increased in the medium stage （for ThM15 and AtS25） and decreased in the later stage （for StB36 and StG56） of vegetation restoration. However, NO3-N concentration significantly increased in the later stage （for StB36 and StG56）. Carbon fractions had a similar increasing trend during natural vegetation restoration. The con- centrations of POC, HS-C, FA-C and HA-C accounted for 24.5%-49.1%, 10.6%-15.2%, 5.8%-9.1% and 4.6%-6.1% of total carbon, respectively. For AbG3, the relative changes of POC, HS-C and FA-C were significantly higher than that of total carbon during the process of revegetation restoration. The higher relative increases in POC, HS-C and FA-C confirmed that soil carbon induced by vegetation restoration was sequestrated by higher physical and chemical protection. The increases of soil C fractions could also result in higher ecological function in semiarid grassland ecosystems.展开更多
Soil pore is a key attribute of the soil structure that affects soil reservoir under natural vegetation recovery on the Loess Plateau.This study is to quantitatively analyze soil pore parameters,measured with Computed...Soil pore is a key attribute of the soil structure that affects soil reservoir under natural vegetation recovery on the Loess Plateau.This study is to quantitatively analyze soil pore parameters,measured with Computed Tomography(CT) at 15-57 mm depths under five different vegetation succession stages using a concept of substituting "space" for "time" in the Ziwuling Forest Region of the Loess Plateau.The results showed that the soil pore parameters,such as pore number,porosity,circularity,and fractal dimension,increased significantly under the natural vegetation successions and varied with the pattern climax community stage】pioneering arbor community stage】scrub community stage】herbaceous community stage】abandoned farmland stage,indicating that natural vegetation recovery could remarkably improve soil pore characteristics.With the vegetation succession,this positive effect will be strengthened gradually,which means that the soil pore parameters may appear to be best at the climax community stage.Soil organic matter content increased linearly with the soil pore parameters(P【0.001).Increased organic matter accumulation was one of the major reasons for the changes in soil pore characteristics in natural vegetation succession.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41171226)the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (NCET-12-0479)the Foundation for Youths Teacher by Northwest A&F University
文摘Revegetation is a traditional practice widely used for soil protection. We evaluated the effect of natural revegetation succession on soil chemical properties and carbon fractions （particulate organic carbon （POC）, humus carbon （HS-C）, humic acid carbon （HA-C） and fulvic acid carbon （FA-C）） on the Loess Plateau of China. The vegetation types, in order from the shortest to the longest enclosure duration, were： （a） abandoned overgrazed grassland （AbG3; 3 years）; （b） Hierochloe odorata Beauv. （HiO7; 7 years）; （c） Thymus mongoficus Ronnm （ThM15; 15 years）; （d） Artemisia sacrorum Ledeb （AtS25; 25 years）; （e） Stipa bungeana Trin Ledeb （StB36; 36 years） and （f） Stipa grandis P. Smirn （StG56; 56 years）. The results showed that the concentrations of soil organic carbon, total nitrogen and available phosphorus increased with the increase of restoration time except for ThM15. The concen- tration of NH4-N increased in the medium stage （for ThM15 and AtS25） and decreased in the later stage （for StB36 and StG56） of vegetation restoration. However, NO3-N concentration significantly increased in the later stage （for StB36 and StG56）. Carbon fractions had a similar increasing trend during natural vegetation restoration. The con- centrations of POC, HS-C, FA-C and HA-C accounted for 24.5%-49.1%, 10.6%-15.2%, 5.8%-9.1% and 4.6%-6.1% of total carbon, respectively. For AbG3, the relative changes of POC, HS-C and FA-C were significantly higher than that of total carbon during the process of revegetation restoration. The higher relative increases in POC, HS-C and FA-C confirmed that soil carbon induced by vegetation restoration was sequestrated by higher physical and chemical protection. The increases of soil C fractions could also result in higher ecological function in semiarid grassland ecosystems.
基金supported by Special-Fund Scientific Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.90502007)National Science & Technology Pillar Program in the Eleventh Five-year Plan Period (Grant No.2006BCA01A07)research progam of State Key Laboratory Foundation of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau (Grant No.10502-Z11)
文摘Soil pore is a key attribute of the soil structure that affects soil reservoir under natural vegetation recovery on the Loess Plateau.This study is to quantitatively analyze soil pore parameters,measured with Computed Tomography(CT) at 15-57 mm depths under five different vegetation succession stages using a concept of substituting "space" for "time" in the Ziwuling Forest Region of the Loess Plateau.The results showed that the soil pore parameters,such as pore number,porosity,circularity,and fractal dimension,increased significantly under the natural vegetation successions and varied with the pattern climax community stage】pioneering arbor community stage】scrub community stage】herbaceous community stage】abandoned farmland stage,indicating that natural vegetation recovery could remarkably improve soil pore characteristics.With the vegetation succession,this positive effect will be strengthened gradually,which means that the soil pore parameters may appear to be best at the climax community stage.Soil organic matter content increased linearly with the soil pore parameters(P【0.001).Increased organic matter accumulation was one of the major reasons for the changes in soil pore characteristics in natural vegetation succession.
