Response of soil moisture to landscape restoration in the hilly and gully region of the Loess Plateau, China

Zhang, Xueli; Zhang, Guodong; Hu, Caihong; Ping, Jianhua; Jian, Shengqi

doi:10.2478/s11756-020-00520-z

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“…Some studies in semi‐arid and semi‐humid areas have shown that vegetation restoration leads to a decrease in soil moisture (Cao et al, 2018; Liang et al, 2018; Liu et al, 2018; Zhang et al, 2020). However, the impact of vegetation restoration on soil moisture varies under different environmental conditions (Hiltbrunner et al, 2012; Van Hall et al, 2017).…”

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“…However, from a long-term perspective, climate factors and vegetation restoration are two important factors leading to changes in soil moisture (Soonthornrangan & Lowry, 2021;Yang et al, 2022). Some studies in semi-arid and semi-humid areas have shown that vegetation restoration leads to a decrease in soil moisture (Cao et al, 2018;Liang et al, 2018;Liu et al, 2018;Zhang et al, 2020).…”

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The impact of natural vegetation restoration on surface soil moisture of secondary forests and shrubs in the karst region of southwest China

Chen,

Zhang,

Cai

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Hydrological Processes

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Soil moisture is crucial to vegetation restoration in karst areas, and climate factors and vegetation restoration are key factors affecting changes in soil moisture. However, there is still much controversy over the long‐term changes in soil moisture during vegetation restoration. In order to reveal the changes in soil moisture during vegetation restoration, we conducted long‐term positioning monitoring of soil moisture at 0–10 and 10–20 cm on secondary forests sample plot (SF, tree land) and shrubs sample plot (SH, shrub land) in karst areas from 2013 to 2020. The results showed that the aboveground biomass of SF and SH increased by 50% and 240%, respectively, and the soil moisture of the SF and SH showed an increasing trend. When shrubs are restored to trees in karst areas, the soil moisture becomes more stable. However, the correlation coefficients (R2) between the annual rainfall and the annual average soil moisture of SF and SH are 0.84 and 0.55, respectively, indicating that soil moistures in tree land are more affected by rainfall. The soil moisture of shrubs and trees are relatively low during the months of alternating rainy and dry seasons. Rainfall has a very significant impact on the soil moisture of tree land, while air temperature and wind speed have a significant impact on the soil moisture of tree land, but the soil moistures of shrub land are very significantly affected by rainfall and relative humidity. Therefore, during the process of vegetation restoration from shrubs to trees, the main meteorological factors that affect soil moisture changes will change. The results are important for understanding the hydrological processes in the ecological restoration process of different vegetation types in karst areas.

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The impact of natural vegetation restoration on surface soil moisture of secondary forests and shrubs in the karst region of southwest China

Chen,

Zhang,

Cai

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“…Sometimes, these processes are not always successful due to land use history or the establishment of aggressive species (Lazzaro et al 2020). However, they can better preserve the diverse legacy of these forested systems (Bechara et al 2016;Zhang et al 2020). Furthermore, these processes also revealed in the tropics, the inherent capability of these systems to naturally recover and highlights the importance of considering passive restoration in management plans (Bechara et al 2016;Holl and Aide, 2011).…”

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Patterns of litter and nutrient return to the soil during passive restoration in Cerrado, Brazil

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“…They concluded that under the studied conditions the soil water retention capacity does not depend on the type (native or synanthropic) grassland. Zhang et al (2020) assessed the effect of vegetation restoration to reduce soil and water loss on the Chinese Loess Plateau, where rainfall is the only water input to the soil. Most of the sloping farmlands of Loess Plateau were abandoned during recent decades in favour of grass or subshrub species or planted forests and shrubs.…”

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Fifteen years of publishing the papers on the impact of biological factors on hydrological processes in Biologia

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Special issue on the impact of biological factors on hydrological processes, edited by the authors of this Foreword, brings together 11 full-text papers on these complex interactions, ranging in scale from storing the water by lichen species to competing the nations for increasingly scarce water resources in securitized transboundary watersheds. In addition to these "boundary-scale" biohydrology papers, 4 papers assess the impact of land use on soil properties, 3 papers estimate the effect of biological factors on the downward and upward movements of water in the vadose zone of soil, and 2 papers evaluated the amount of greenhouse gas emissions from agriculturally utilized soil and forest fires. We would like to conclude by expressing our hope that the papers published in the present special issue will act as a stimulus for initiating new research projects and contribute to finding solutions to the global threats of water scarcity and soil degradation. It is absolutely crucial to increase our chances of surviving the current climate change and to reach a more sustainable society in the future.

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Response of soil moisture to landscape restoration in the hilly and gully region of the Loess Plateau, China

Cited by 8 publications

References 46 publications

The impact of natural vegetation restoration on surface soil moisture of secondary forests and shrubs in the karst region of southwest China

The impact of natural vegetation restoration on surface soil moisture of secondary forests and shrubs in the karst region of southwest China

Patterns of litter and nutrient return to the soil during passive restoration in Cerrado, Brazil

Fifteen years of publishing the papers on the impact of biological factors on hydrological processes in Biologia

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