The Suitability of Using Leaf Area Index to Quantify Soil Loss under Vegetation Cover

查看全文 作　　者：ZHANG [1,2]Wentai;YU [1,2]Dongsheng;SHI [1,2]Xuezheng;WANG [1]Hongjie;GU [3]Zhujun;ZHANG [1]Xiangyan;TAN [1]Manzhi

机构地区：[1]State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences,Nanjing 21o0o8, China;[2]Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China;[3]School of Bio-Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Nanjing Xiaozhuang University, Nanjing 211171, China

出　　处：《Journal of Mountain Science》索引2011年第8卷第4期,共7页

基　　金：the support for this research from the National Basic Research Program of China(Grant No.2007CB407206);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.40921061);The National Basic Research Program of China(Grant No.2010CB950702) 摘　　要：Soil erosion by water under forest cover is a serious problem in southern China.A comparative study was carried out on the use of leaf area index(LAI) and vegetation fractional coverage(VFC) in quantifying soil loss under vegetation cover.Five types of vegetation with varied LAI and VFC under field conditions were exposed to two rainfall rates(40 mm h-1 and 54 mm h-1) using a portable rainfall simulator.Runoff rate,sediment concentration and soil loss rate were measured at relatively runoff stable state.Significant negative exponential relationship(p < 0.05,R2 = 0.83) and linear relationship(p < 0.05,R2 = 0.84) were obtained between LAI and sediment concentration,while no significant relationship existed between VFC and sediment concentration.The mechanism by which vegetation canopy prevents soil loss was by reducing rainfall kinetic energy and sediment concentration.LAI could better quantify such a role than VFC.However,neither LAI nor VFC could explain runoff rate or soil loss rate.Caution must be taken when using LAI to quantify the role of certain vegetation in soil and water conservation. 关键词：植被覆盖叶面积指数量化土壤流失量损失水土保持作用 VFC 含沙量

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