Effect of Vegetation Changes on Soil Erosion on the Loess Plateau
Effect of Vegetation Changes on Soil Erosion on the Loess Plateau作者机构：State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming in Loess Plateau Northwest A＆F University Yangling 712100 （China）.
出 版 物：《Pedosphere》 (土壤圈（英文版）)
年 卷 期：2006年第16卷第4期
页 面：420-427页
核心收录：
学科分类：082802[工学-农业水土工程] 090707[农学-水土保持与荒漠化防治] 0907[农学-林学] 08[工学] 0828[工学-农业工程] 0818[工学-地质资源与地质工程] 09[农学] 0903[农学-农业资源与环境] 0815[工学-水利工程] 0901[农学-作物学]
摘 要：Vegetation is one of the key factors affecting soil erosion on the Loess Plateau. The effects of vegetation destruction and vegetation restoration on soil erosion were quantified using data from long-term field runoff plots established on the eastern slope of the Ziwuling secondary forest region, China and a field survey. The results showed that before the secondary vegetation restoration period (before about 1866-1872), soil erosion in the Ziwuling region of the Loess Plateau was similar to the current erosion conditions in neighboring regions, where the soil erosion rate now is 8000 to 10000 t km-2 year-1. After the secondary vegetation restoration, soil erosion was very low; influences of rainfall and slope gradient on soil erosion were small; the vegetation effect on soil erosion was predominant; shallow gully and gully erosion ceased; and sediment deposition occurred in shallow gully and gully channels. In modern times when human activities destroyed secondary forests, soil erosion increased markedly, and erosion rates in the deforested lands reached 10000 to 24000 t km-2 year-1, which was 797 to 1682 times greater than those in the forested land prior to deforestation. Rainfall intensity and landform greatly affected the soil erosion process after deforestation. These results showed that accelerated erosion caused by vegetation destruction played a key role in soil degradation and eco-environmental deterioration in deforested regions.
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