How do root and soil characteristics affect the erosion-reducing potential of plant species?
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| 作者 | Vannoppen, W.1; De Baets, S.2; Keeble, J.1; Dong, Y.3; Poesen, J.1 |
| 刊名 | ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
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| 出版日期 | 2017-12-01 |
| 卷号 | 109页码:186-195 |
| 关键词 | Concentrated Flow Erosion Fibrous Root System Tap Root System Soil Texture Root Density Root Length Density |
| ISSN号 | 0925-8574 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2017.08.001 |
| 通讯作者 | W. Vannoppen |
| 英文摘要 | Plant roots can be very effective in stabilizing the soil against concentrated flow erosion. So far, most research on the erosion-reducing potential of plant roots was conducted on loamy soils. However susceptible to incisive erosion processes, at present, no research exists on the effectiveness of plant roots in reducing concentrated flow erosion rates in sandy soils. Therefore, the prime objective of this study was to assess the erosion-reducing potential of both fibrous and tap roots in sandy soils. Furthermore, we investigated potential effects of root diameter, soil texture and dry soil bulk density on the erosion-reducing potential of plant roots. Therefore, flume experiments conducted on sandy soils (this study) were compared with those on sandy loam and silt loam soils (using the same experimental set up). Results showed that plant roots were very efficient in reducing concentrated flow erosion rates in sandy soils compared to root-free bare soils. Furthermore, our results confirmed that fibrous roots were more effective compared to (thick) tap roots. Dry soil bulk density and soil texture also played a significant role. As they were both related to soil cohesion, the results of this study suggested that the effectiveness of plant roots in controlling concentrated flow erosion rates depended on the apparent soil cohesion. The nature of this soil type effect depended on the root-system type: fine root systems were most effective in non-cohesive soils while tap root systems were most effective in cohesive soils. For soils permeated with a given amount of fibrous roots, an increase of soil bulk density seemed to hamper the effectiveness of roots to further increase soil cohesion and reduce erosion rates. In soils reinforced by tap root systems, the erosion-reducing power of the roots depended on sand content: the higher the percentage of sand, the smaller the erosion-reducing effect for a given amount of roots. This was attributed to more pronounced vortex erosion around the thicker tap roots in non-cohesive soils, increasing soil erosion rates. The results presented in this study could support practitioners to assess the likely erosion-reducing effects of plant root systems based on both root and soil characteristics. |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000419678000005 |
| 源URL | [http://ir.imde.ac.cn/handle/131551/20859]  |
| 专题 | 成都山地灾害与环境研究所_山地灾害与地表过程重点实验室 |
| 作者单位 | 1.Katholieke Univ Leuven, Div Geog & Tourism, Celestijnenlaan 200E, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium 2.Univ Cranfield, Sch Water Energy & Environm, Bldg B 52A, Cranfield, Beds, England 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Mt Hazards & Environm, Key Lab Mt Hazards & Earth Surface Proc, 9,Block 4,Renminnanlu Rd, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan, Peoples R China |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Vannoppen, W.,De Baets, S.,Keeble, J.,et al. How do root and soil characteristics affect the erosion-reducing potential of plant species?[J]. ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING,2017,109:186-195. |
| APA | Vannoppen, W.,De Baets, S.,Keeble, J.,Dong, Y.,&Poesen, J..(2017).How do root and soil characteristics affect the erosion-reducing potential of plant species?.ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING,109,186-195. |
| MLA | Vannoppen, W.,et al."How do root and soil characteristics affect the erosion-reducing potential of plant species?".ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING 109(2017):186-195. |
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