Forest-scale sap flux responses to rainfall in a dryland eucalyptus plantation

Dryland salinity is caused by rising saline water tables, the result of relatively recent landscape-scale clearance of deep-rooted vegetation. One obvious solution to this problem is the reintroduction of deep-rooted vegetation into these landscapes, most likely non-deciduous trees. Ideally, continually-transpiring deep-rooted trees would remove moisture from throughout the soil profile, increasing the capacity of the soil to store water, thus lowering water tables by effectively reducing the number of rainfall events that contribute to groundwater recharge. In this study, we examined how water use by a Eucalyptus sideroxylon A. Cunn. ex Woolls plantation, growing in a salinity-prone landscape, varied in response to rainfall events across four years of sap flux monitoring. Responses of the plantation were observed across multiple seasons, from above average to well below average rainfall. We observed that the plantation forest, while capable of continuous water use during drought, was also quite responsive to rainfall events. During the driest periods, during which shallow soil moisture was reduced to a stable minimum, the forest continued using water at around 1 mm/day. Generally we observed increases in forest water use following only 5 mm of rainfall, in contrast to 20 mm for neighbouring native vegetation. We compared a range of plausible empirical models for describing forest water use responses to rainfall. The best model demonstrated that rainfall size, post-rainfall PET and the interaction between rainfall size and antecedent soil moisture made significant contributions to variation in forest water use across rainfall events. Interestingly, the model showed that all else equal, higher antecedent soil moisture tended to reduce potential increases in forest water use in response to rainfall.     

Crust Composition and Disturbance Drive Infiltration Through Biological Soil Crusts in Semiarid Ecosystems

Soil crusts influence many soil parameters that affect how water moves into and through the soil, and therefore, critically influence water availability, erosion processes, nutrient fluxes, and vegetation distribution patterns in semiarid ecosystems. Soil crusts are quite sensitive to disturbance, and their alteration can lead to modification of the local hydrological regime, thus affecting general functioning of the ecosystem. The aim of this study was to analyze the influence of different types of soil crusts, physical, and biological in different developmental stages, as well as the impact of their disturbance, on infiltration. This was assessed by means of rainfall simulations conducted in two semiarid ecosystems in southeast Spain characterized by different lithologies, topographies, and soil crust distributions. Two consecutive rainfall simulation experiments (50 mm h⁻¹ rainfall intensity), the first on dry soil and the second on wet soil, were carried out in microplots (0.25 m²) containing the most representative soil crust types at each site, each crust type subjected to three disturbance treatments: (a) undisturbed, (b) trampling, and (c) removal. Infiltration in the crusts was higher on coarse- than on fine-textured soils and almost two times greater on dry than on wet soil. Biological soil crusts (BSC) showed higher infiltration rates than physical soil crusts (PSC). Within BSC, infiltration increased as cyanobacterial biomass increased and was the highest in moss crusts. However, late-successional crustose and squamulose lichen crusts showed very low infiltration rates. Trampling reduced infiltration rates, especially when soil was wet, whereas crust removal enhanced infiltration. But this increase in infiltration after removing the crust decreased over time as the soil sealed again due to raindrop impact, making runoff rates in the scraped microplots approach those registered in the respective undisturbed crust types. Our results demonstrate that water redistribution in semiarid ecosystems strongly depends on the type of crusts that occupy the interplant spaces and the characteristics of the soils which they overly, as well as the antecedent moisture conditions of the soil. Disturbance of these crust patches results in increased runoff and erosion, which has important consequences on general ecosystem functioning.     

中梁山岩溶槽谷区不同土地利用方式坡地产流规律

坡地产流是造成岩溶区水土流失的主要驱动力,研究典型岩溶槽谷区坡地产流规律,对岩溶区防治水土流失、合理利用地下水资源具有重要理论意义。在重庆市中梁山龙凤和龙车槽谷选取不同土地利用方式的4个标准径流小区,对降水、地表径流、壤中流、裂隙流和土壤含水率进行了同步监测,探讨了坡地产流特征。结果表明:(1)4个不同土地利用方式的径流小区,坡地总产流量从大到小依次为:耕地(3696.9L)果园地(3657.2L)竹林地(2922.9L)林地(2211.1L),总径流系数(3.1%—5.2%)远低于非岩溶区(约20%);(2)4个径流小区的产流形式主要为地表径流,壤中流和裂隙流产生滞后于地表径流;(3)降水因子、前期土壤含水率共同影响地表径流,但降水因子对地表径流的影响远大于前期土壤含水率。降水因子中,15min最大雨强是影响耕地、果园地的地表径流的主要因素,降水量是影响林地、竹林地的地表径流的主要因素;前期土壤含水率对耕地、林地、果园地地表径流影响较大,对竹林地地表径流影响较小。     

中国主要森林生态系统水文功能的比较研究(英文)

 基于中国不同区域生态站的观测资料,着重从降雨截留（林冠截留、枯枝落叶层截持和土壤蓄水）、调节径流和蒸散等3个方面对我国主要森林生态系统的水文生态功能进行了比较研究。各生态系统林冠年截留量在134～626 mm间变动,由大到小排列为：热带山地雨林,亚热带西部山地常绿针叶林,热带半落叶季雨林,温带山地落叶与常绿针叶林,寒温带、温带山地常绿针叶林,亚热带竹林,亚热带、热带东部山地常绿针叶林,寒温带、温带山地落叶针叶林,温带、亚热带落叶阔叶林,亚热带山区常绿阔叶林,亚热带、热带西南山地常绿针叶林,南亚热带常绿阔叶林,亚热带山地常绿阔叶林。枯落物持水量可以达到自身干重的2～5倍,但也因林型而异。土壤非毛管持水量变动在36～142 mm之间,平均89 mm。常绿阔叶林的非毛管持水量通常高于100 mm,而寒温带/温带落叶阔叶林和常绿针叶林通常低于100 mm. 土壤的非毛管持水量通常占生态系统中截持水量的90%,其次是枯落物和林冠层。这说明,森林土壤在调节降雨截留中占有重要地位,其水文功能的大小取决于土壤结构和空隙度,而这些恰恰又受枯落物和森林植被特征的影响。森林皆伐后,一般地表径流会显著地增加,而适当抚育措施则对地表径流影响不大。流域径流受诸多因素的影响,包括植被、土壤、气候、地形、地貌以及人类影响导致的流域景观变化,比较研究表明森林变化对流域径流的影响尚未得到一致的规律性的结果。通过对比研究不同森林的蒸散变化,发现随降雨量的增加,森林蒸散量略有增加,而相对蒸散率却在下降,相对蒸散率在40%～90%间变动。     

鹤山丘陵草坡的水文特征及水量平衡

 在中国科学院鹤山丘陵综合开放实验站的草坡集水区对大气降水和径流进行了连续4年的观测,并于1994年对该集水区的蒸散进行了测定,结果表明：1)鹤山丘陵区年均降水量1761.37mm,大气降水有明显的干湿季之分,干季降水量占全年降水量的12.47％,湿季占87.53％。年均降水量中有62.24％可引起地表产流,即年均产流降水量1096.3mm。产流降水以中、小雨频度为大,但产流水量主要由大、暴雨供给。文中根据降雨量较大地区的降水、产流特征和规律,提出了产流降水和产流水量的概念。2)鹤山丘陵草坡集水区年总径流系数50.12％,地表径流系数17.33％。地表径流主要集中在湿季产生,与降水量呈二次抛物线型回归关系,与降水强度关系不大。3)1994年水量平衡各分量中,实际降水输入1841.55mm,年径流量970.28mm,径流系数52．69％,径流是系统的最大输出项;蒸散量851.56mm,意味着年降水收入中46.24％的水量以汽态形式返回了大气。蒸散的月变化呈双峰型,不同于降水的季节分配,径流的月变化则与降水同步。系统蓄水年变化量19.71mm,约占年降水量的1.07％,但其月变化却非常大,在一68～104mm之间。草坡集水区的水量平衡是一种收入对支出的补给和收支项目中可变性的动态平衡。4)鹤山丘陵草坡水热季节分配失衡、产流降水量和地表径流量大是这种退化生态系统恢复的3个限制因素;认为退化生态系统恢复过程中系统水量支出和蓄留方式的转变是退化生态系统的恢复机理之一。     

三峡库区典型茶园土壤水分对不同降雨模式的响应

土壤水分是坡面产流和生物地球化学过程的关键控制因素。降水事件可以通过引起土壤剖面不同深度的土壤水分响应,从而影响流域中的径流路径、产流机制和土壤侵蚀过程等。基于三峡库区典型分布的茶园为对象,通过长期定点、高频的气象和水分数据观测,研究不同降雨模式下茶园不同土层深度(0—10、10—20、20—30、30—40cm)土壤水分的时空变化特征,分析茶园不同深度土壤在雨季的水分动态变化规律和对不同降雨模式的响应特征。结果表明：(1)研究区内的降雨和土壤水分含量均表现出明显的季节性特征。降雨在7月达到最大值,土壤水分含量则在8月达到峰值。表明降雨是影响土壤水分含量变化的重要因子,土壤水分对降雨有着明显的响应过程。(2)在相同降雨条件下,土壤含水量具有明显的垂直梯度变化。随着土层深度的增加,土壤水分对降雨的响应逐渐呈现出滞后现象。表层土壤(0—20cm)对降雨的响应较为迅速且幅度更加明显,深层土壤(30—40cm)水分含量变化相对稳定,并且对降雨的响应时间更加滞缓。随着土层深度的增加,土壤水分含量的变化幅度逐渐趋于平稳。(3)土壤水分含量对不同的降雨模式表现出显著差异。在较大雨强条件下,土壤水分变...     

Plants Mediate the Sensitivity of Soil Respiration to Rainfall Variability

Soil respiration from grasslands plays a critical role in determining carbon dioxide (CO₂) feedbacks between soils and the atmosphere. In these often mesic systems, soil moisture and temperature tend to co-regulate soil respiration. Increasing variance of rainfall patterns may alter aboveground–belowground interactions and have important implications for the sensitivity of soil respiration to fluctuations in moisture and temperature. We conducted a set of field experiments to evaluate the independent and interactive effects of rainfall variability and plant–soil processes on respiration dynamics. Plant removal had strong effects on grassland soils, which included altered CO₂ flux owing to absence of root respiration; increased soil moisture and temperature; and reduced availability of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) for heterotrophic respiration by microorganisms. These plant-mediated effects interacted with our rainfall variability treatments to determine the sensitivity of soil respiration to both moisture and temperature. Using time-series multiple regression, we found that plants dampened the sensitivity of respiration to moisture under high variability rainfall treatments, which may reflect the relative stability of root contributions to total soil respiration. In contrast, plants increased the sensitivity of respiration to temperature under low variability rainfall treatment suggesting that the environmental controls on soil CO₂ dynamics in mesic habitats may be context dependent. Our results provide insight into the aboveground–belowground mechanisms controlling respiration in grasslands under variable rainfall regimes, which may be important for predicting CO₂ dynamics under current and future climate scenarios.     

Assessment of Tannery Waste in Semi-arid Soils Under a Simulated Rainfall System

The use of tannery sludge in arid soils could be promising due to the high content of organic carbon and nitrogen. However, tannery waste also contains high amounts of Cr and salts that could leach into drainage water in response to rainfall. In order to study the effects of two tannery wastes as organic fertilizers on two types of semi-arid soils, simulated rainfall experiments were carried out. Soils collected from under and outside a mesquite tree canopy were amended with fleshing waste and/or tannery sludge and incubated 0 to 6 months prior to being subjected to simulated rainfall. The parameters measured were: infiltration, runoff, soil and Cr losses, and NH₄⁺-N and NO₃^?-N released after a rainfall event. Results showed that fleshing waste added to soils from outside the canopy tree was the most effective treatment for decreasing runoff, soil losses, and Cr, NH₄⁺-N and NO₃^?-N loss in runoff and infiltration, in general. However, the same treatment had the opposite results for soil under the canopy. These results indicate that the types of waste and soil must be taken into consideration when attempting to improve physical and chemical characteristics of semi-arid soils. Thus, the use of tannery waste represents a potential hazard, not only causing soil erosion but also Cr contamination in adjacent sites and aquifers.     

Labeled nitrogen fertilizer research with urea in the semi-arid tropics

Summary Field studies with bordered microplots were conducted on an Alfisol in the semiarid tropics of India to determine (1) the fate of¹⁵N-labeled urea applied to dryland sorghum in two successive rainy seasons and (2) the effect of method of application on N fertilizer efficiency. Recoveries of¹⁵N-labeled fertilizers by above-ground plant parts ranged from 46.7% to 63.6% in 1981 when the rainfall was above the average and from 54.4% to 66.9% in 1980 when the rainfall was near the average. Small (0.014 g) pellets of urea applied twice as postemergent applications in separate 5 cm deep bands were more effective than single preemergent applications either surface applied or incorporated. Both banding and the split applications contributed to overall fertilizer efficiency. Large (1.0 g) pellets of urea (supergranules) placed at a depth of 5 cm were also superior to the incorporated, small-pellet treatment in 1981. The¹⁵N-balance data for the soil (0–90 cm in depth)-plant system in 1981 showed that the unaccounted-for fertilizer N ranged from 5.1% to 20.6%. An important finding was that high grain yields, in excess of 6,000 kg/ha, with N fertilizer losses of less than 10% could be obtained through fertilizer management during a very wet season. The data from the Alfisol experiments were compared with data from similar Vertisol experiments; N fertilizer losses resulting from incorporated and surface applications were greater for Vertisols than for Alfisols in the wetter year.     

黄土丘陵沟壑区坡沟系统不同降雨类型的土壤入渗特征

黄土高原退耕还林草生态建设改变了区域覆被格局和下垫面环境条件，对流域地表水文过程产生了重要影响。研究黄土丘陵沟壑区坡沟系统不同降雨类型下的土壤水分入渗特征，对揭示植被恢复驱动下的降雨-入渗机制变化具有重要的科学意义。基于坡沟系统土壤水分入渗过程的定位监测，阐明了坡沟系统土壤水分入渗特征对不同降雨类型的响应，并采用Horton、Mezencev、Kostiakov、USDA-NRCS模型进行土壤水分入渗过程模拟，筛选特定降雨类型下最佳的入渗模型。结果表明：（1）0-60 cm是降水-入渗过程响应的关键层次，沟坡总入渗蓄存量较坡面高约42.67%；（2）坡沟系统土壤水分入渗量与深度成反比，且沟坡土壤水分入渗量较坡面平均高约9.75%；（3）不同降雨类型下坡面湿润锋深度均小于沟坡，且以极端暴雨、长历时小雨强降雨最深，短历时中雨强次之，短历时小雨强降雨最浅；（4）坡沟系统各降雨类型土壤水分入渗量对降雨的响应表现出一定的滞后性，沟坡响应快于坡面，沟坡湿润锋深度平均较坡面深约5-10 cm；（5） Mezencev入渗模型对四种不同降雨类型入渗量的模拟均具有较高精度（Adj-R²>0.96；NSE>0.92），Horton模型可用于模拟极端降雨类型（NSE>0.98），而Kostiakov模型、USDA-NRCS模型适于模拟短历时中强度降雨和短历时低强度降雨类型。     

基于模拟降雨试验的喀斯特坡耕地土壤侵蚀特征

探索喀斯特坡耕地土壤侵蚀过程及机理对该区水土流失及石漠化治理具有重要的现实和指导意义.本文采用人工模拟降雨的试验方法,探索喀斯特坡耕地土壤侵蚀过程及特征.结果表明: 降雨强度较小时(30、50 mm·h^-1),水土流失以地下孔(裂)隙流失为主,当降雨强度较大时(80 mm·h^-1),土壤侵蚀以地表流失为主;地表径流模数和输沙率均随坡度的增加而增大,随孔(裂)隙度的增加而减小.地下径流模数在0.37～0.52 L·m^-2·min^-1,地下输沙率在0.81～1.93 g·min^-1,二者均随坡度的增加而减小,随降雨强度的增加呈先增大后减小的变化趋势.     

减少农业对水体污染的对策与措施

水体富营养化是一个全球关注的问题。逐渐增加的化肥施用量和畜禽养殖业产生的粪便进一步引起营养流失,进而产生了N、P营养物质的不平衡。因此农业面源污染已被视为水体富营养化的主要污染源。本文简要地概述了农业面源污染对造成水体富营养化的危害,同时介绍了国内外防治农业面源污染的主要措施,包括面源控制措施和转移转化措施。指出了建立稳定、和谐与良性循环的农业生态系统是治理农业面源污染的长久之计。     

云雾山自然保护区环境因素对土壤水分空间分布的影响

选取黄土高原云雾山自然保护区天然草地,研究分析了地形因素、植被类型、降雨和封育措施对土壤水分的影响,研究结果表明:在0～100 cm土壤,单点季节平均土壤含水量的空间变化主要受坡向、坡位、群落类型和封育措施的影响;在深层土壤100～300cm,相对海拔、坡位、坡向、群落类型和封育措施在控制土壤水分的再分布中具有重要作用.不同的环境因素对土壤水分空间分布影响的季节变化存在明显差异,坡度、相对海拔、坡位与土壤湿度的关系依赖于前期降雨量,土壤湿度和坡度、海拔、坡位和封育措施的相关性一般随前期降雨的增加而增大.群落类型对土壤湿度的影响与群落盖度和蒸腾速率有关,在植被盖度差异较大的5月份和蒸腾速率差异较大的7月份影响显著.坡向对土壤湿度的影响依赖于太阳辐射的变化,在太阳辐射较强烈的7月份差异显著.由于长期自然封育,草地覆盖度不断增加,其蓄水保水能力增强,对土壤水分的调节能力得到提高,从而能在一定程度上改善土壤水分条件.     

红壤表土团聚体粒径对坡面侵蚀过程的影响

以湖北省咸宁市的3种典型红壤为研究对象,利用试验土槽,采用室内人工模拟降雨方法,研究土壤团聚体粒经对坡面径流和侵蚀的影响以及泥沙特性。结果表明,在前期含水量、坡度一致的条件下,随着团聚体粒径的增大其稳定性减小,坡面初始产流时间缩短;侵蚀量也随着团聚体粒径的增大而减小,供试3种土壤中〈2mm团聚体侵蚀量最大,依次为3.40、2.55、3.33gm^-2min^-1。侵蚀泥沙平均重量直径随着坡面表土团聚体初始粒径的增大而减小。研究结果有助于深入了解坡面侵蚀机理,为泥沙输移模型开发提供必要的土壤参数。     

牧草覆盖对坡面土壤矿质氮素流失的影响

利用室内模拟降雨试验,探讨了降雨、地表径流以及土壤矿质氮素有效作用深度（effective depth of interaction,EDI）的确定方法,研究了牧草覆盖对土壤矿质氮素EDI和地表流失的影响．结果表明,牧草覆盖增加了地表径流与表层土壤的相互作用,导致水土混合体深度增加,较深土层的土壤矿质氮通过溶解和解吸作用、对流-扩散作用等方式进入到地表径流中,矿质氮EDI增加．覆盖度越大,EDI值越大．与裸地相比,60％、80％和100％覆盖度处理中径流矿质氮平均浓度分别增加了34．52％、32．67％和6．00％,地表径流量分别减少了4．72％、9．84％和12．89％,侵蚀泥沙量分别减少了83．55％、87．11％和89．01％．60％和100％覆盖度处理的矿质氮地表流失总量分别为裸地处理的95．73％和84．05％,而80％覆盖度处理则为裸地处理的109．04％．草地植被对矿质氮素地表流失有“双重效应”：加剧了矿质氮向地表径流中的释放,使径流养分浓度高于裸地浓度;不同程度地减少了地表径流量和泥沙量及其养分含量．两种效应共同决定了土壤矿质氮素的地表流失量．     

喀斯特裸坡产流产沙过程试验研究

运用可调坡度、地下孔(裂)隙度试验钢槽装填土石模拟喀斯特裸坡,采用人工模拟降雨的方法探索了喀斯特裸坡产流产沙过程。结果表明:降雨强度、坡度和地下孔(裂)隙度对喀斯特裸坡产流产沙均有明显的影响。(1)在30、50、80mm/h降雨强度下地表产流产沙存在临界降雨强度,临界降雨强度在50—80mm/h之间,地下孔(裂)隙产流量和产沙量均随降雨强度增大呈现先增大后减小的变化趋势,产流量随降雨强度变化顺序为503080mm/h,产沙量随降雨强度大小变化顺序为508030mm/h。(2)随着坡度增大,地下输沙模数减小,其大小随坡度变化的顺序为10°15°20°25°;同一降雨历程内,坡度越小,单位时间内的地下输沙模数减小量越大,其大小随坡度变化的顺序为10°15°20°25°。(3)地下孔(裂)隙度对地下产流产沙影响显著,地下孔(裂)隙度的增大使地下流失量增大。地下产流比重、产沙比重均随地下孔(裂)隙度的增大而增大,大小顺序均为1%3%5%。研究有助于深入了解喀斯特坡地土壤侵蚀机理,为喀斯特石漠化治理和生态修复提供理论依据。     

Residual effect of organic carbon as a tool for mitigating nitrogen oxides emissions in semi-arid climate

Residual effects of different fertilizers (mineral and organic) on the first pulses of carbon dioxide (CO₂), nitric oxide (NO), and nitrous oxide (N₂O) after rewetting dry soil with or without application of a mineral N fertilizer were studied in a laboratory experiment. Six months before this study was conducted the fields had received either manure + urea, manure, urea or no fertilizer. In the first phase the soil was rewetted with water simulating a summer shower (heavy rainfall in short time) and in the second phase with a urea solution simulating a mineral fertilization. There were not significant differences in trace gas emissions between earlier field treatments after soil was rewetted with water addition. However, after urea addition, plots that had received manure 6 months earlier showed smaller total emissions of N₂O and NO compared to plots that had only received urea. The residual effect of manure can play an important role in carbon poor soils under arid-semiarid climate in mitigating atmospheric pollutants such us NO and N₂O.     

Persistence of Viruses in Desert Soils Amended with Anaerobically Digested Sewage Sludge

Pima County, Ariz., is currently investigating the potential benefits of land application of sewage sludge. To assess risks associated with the presence of pathogenic enteric viruses present in the sludge, laboratory studies were conducted to measure the inactivation rate (k = log₁₀ reduction per day) of poliovirus type 1 and bacteriophages MS2 and PRD-1 in two sludge-amended desert agricultural soils (Brazito Sandy Loam and Pima Clay Loam). Under constant moisture (approximately -0.05 × 10⁵ Pa for both soils) and temperatures of 15, 27, and 40°C, the main factors controlling the inactivation of these viruses were soil temperature and texture. As the temperature increased from 15 to 40°C, the inactivation rate increased significantly for poliovirus and MS2, whereas, for PRD-1, a significant increase in the inactivation rate was observed only at 40°C. Clay loam soils afforded more protection to all three viruses than sandy soils. At 15°C, the inactivation rate for MS2 ranged from 0.366 to 0.394 log₁₀ reduction per day in clay loam and sandy loam soils, respectively. At 27°C, this rate increased to 0.629 log₁₀ reduction per day in clay loam soil and to 0.652 in sandy loam soil. A similar trend was observed for poliovirus at 15°C (k = 0.064 log₁₀ reduction per day, clay loam; k = 0.095 log₁₀ reduction per day, sandy loam) and 27°C (k = 0.133 log₁₀ reduction per day, clay loam; k = 0.154 log₁₀ reduction per day, sandy loam). Neither MS2 nor poliovirus was recovered after 24 h at 40°C. No reduction of PRD-1 was observed after 28 days at 15°C and after 16 days at 27°C. At 40°C, the inactivation rates were 0.208 log₁₀ reduction per day in amended clay loam soil and 0.282 log₁₀ reduction per day in sandy loam soil. Evaporation to less than 5% soil moisture completely inactivated all three viruses within 7 days at 15°C, within 3 days at 27°C, and within 2 days at 40°C regardless of soil type. This suggests that a combination of high soil temperature and rapid loss of soil moisture will significantly reduce risks caused by viruses in sludge.     

Fate and efficiency of N fertilizers applied to pearl millet in Niger

Field studies were conducted in Niger using ¹⁵N-labeled fertilizers to assess the fate and efficiency of fertilizer N in pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum [L.] R.Br.) production. Total plant uptake of fertilizer N was low in all cases (20%–37%), and losses were severe (25%–53%). The majority of N remaining in the soil was found in the 0- to 15-cm layer though some enrichment at lower depths was found when the N fertilizer was calcium ammonium nitrate (CAN). In a comparison of urea placement methods (band, broadcast, or point placement), no significant differences in ¹⁵N uptake or yield were noted though point placement did exacerbate ¹⁵N loss. The mechanism of N loss is believed to have been ammonia volatilization. Yields were similar whether urea or CAN was used, but ¹⁵N uptake from CAN was higher. A statistical model was developed relating millet yield and N response to midseason rainfall. In drought years, no N response was found, whereas in years of good rainfall a response was found of 15 kg grain for each kilogram of N applied (at 30 kg N ha^-1 rate).     

典型岩溶洼地土壤水分的空间分布及影响因素

在桂西北典型岩溶洼地的旱季和雨季,用地统计学结合GIS方法研究了洼地表层(0—16cm)土壤水分的空间分布特征及其影响因素。结果表明:土壤含水量受前期降雨量的影响,且旱季土壤水分对降雨量的反应较雨季敏感。土壤水分均呈中等变异且变异系数随着平均含水量的增加而减少。土壤水分的半方差参数显示土壤水分空间变异及其主导因素随旱、雨季而不同。此外,不同取样区域及取样时段内土壤含水量高低差别明显,分布格局及空间变异程度各异,这主要与当地环境和人为因素的综合影响有关。旱、雨季土壤水分均与前期降雨导致的土壤平均含水量变化呈相反趋势,且不同土地利用方式下的土壤含水量不同。土壤含水量还与土壤有机碳含量呈显著正相关,此外,地势及裸岩率也是造成洼地土壤水分变异及其分布差异的重要因素。下一步应根据旱季和雨季土壤水分分布及影响因素的差异,在岩溶洼地采取有针对性地土壤水资源利用及其水分管理策略。