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Bulletin of Botanical Research ›› 2020, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (4): 559-567.doi: 10.7525/j.issn.1673-5102.2020.04.010

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Dynamics Change of Soil Moisture in Mountain Jujube Forest after Rainy Season in Loess Area of Northern Shaanxi Province

AI Ning, ZONG Qiao-Yu, GAO Jin-Xu, QIANG Da-Hong, LIU Chang-Hai   

  1. Shaanxi Engineering and Technological Research Center for Conversation and Utilization of Regional Biological Resources, College of Life Science, Yan'an 716000
  • Received:2019-12-05 Online:2020-07-05 Published:2020-06-12
  • Supported by:
    The 13th Five-year National Key Research and Development Program of China(2016YFC0501602;2016YFC0501705);Shaanxi Engineering and Technological Research Center for Conversation and Utilization of Regional Biological Resources item(SXGCZX-2019-03);Graduate Education and Teaching Reform Research Project(YDYJG2018014);Graduate Education Innovation Program(YCX201930)

Abstract: With the jujube forest, apple forest and abandoned grassland in the Qijiashan jujube test base of Yanchuan, northern Shaanxi as the research objects, we studied the dynamic change of soil moisture. There were significant differences in soil moisture among jujube forests at different slope positions, slope directions and land preparation methods. Among them, the highest soil moisture of all slope positions was in the lower slope, being 14.19%; the highest soil moisture of all slope directions was in the shady slope, being 14.19%; the soil moisture of the horizontal terrace was significantly higher than that of the original slope. The vertical trends of soil moisture among different vegetation types in the study area were basically same. The soil moisture of jujube forest was the highest, 11.49%; the soil water storage in 0 to 100 cm of different vegetation types was jujube forest land(144.76 mm) > apple land(124.19 mm) > the smallest(72.20 mm). There were differences in soil water storage deficits of different vegetation types. Before the rainy season, the 0 to 20 cm soil layer had the smallest deficit, and the sequence of the average deficit degree from high to low was grassland, jujube forest and apple forest; after the rainy season, the descending sequence of the soil water deficit was grassland, apple forest and jujube forest. Soil water deficit after the rainy season was higher than that before the rainy season, except jujube forest. After the rainy season, the soil water deficit in the 0 to 20 cm soil layer of the three vegetation types in the study area increased; in the 20 to 100 cm soil layer, the soil water storage compensation degree of the jujube forest was positive, and the soil moisture was compensated, but the highest compensation degree was only 22.95%, and the soil moisture of jujube forest was still in a state of deficit and had not fully recovered. The soil water storage compensation degree of apple forest was negative, indicating that the soil water deficit was further aggravated. The grassland soil water compensation degree maintained around 0, and the soil water deficit did not continue to deteriorate.

Key words: loess area in Northern Shaanxi, jujube forest, soil water storage, soil water deficit degree, soil water storage compensation degree

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