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- Title
Characteristics of rainfall interception by Caragana korshinskii and Hippophae rhamnoides in Loess Plateau of Northwest China.
- Authors
JIAN Sheng-qi; ZHAO Chuan-yan; FANG Shu-min; YU Kai; WANG Yang; LIU Yi-yue; ZHENG Xiang-lin; PENG Shou-zhang
- Abstract
From May to October 2011, an investigation was conducted on the effects of rainfall and its intensity on the canopy interception, throughfall, and stemflow of Caragana korshinskii and Hippophae rhamnoides, the main shrub species commonly planted to stabilize soil and water in the Anjiagou catchment of Loess Plateau. A total of 47 rainfall events were observed, most of which were featured with low intensity, and the total amount and average intensity of the rainfalls were 208. 9 mm and 2. 82 mm⋅h-1, respectively. As a whole, the rainfall events of 2-10 mm and 0. 1-2 mm⋅h-1 had the highest frequency. The canopy interception, throughfall, and stemflow of C. korshinski were 58.5 mm (28%), 124.7 mm (59.7%), and 25.7 mm (12.3%), while those of H. rhamnoides were 17.6 mm (8.4%), 153.1 mm (73.3%), and 38.2 mm (18.3%), respectively. Regression analysis showed that the canopy interception, throughfall, and stemflow of the two shrub species all had significant positive correlations with the rainfall amount, and had exponent or power correlations with the rainfall amount and the maximum rainfall intensity in 10 minutes.
- Subjects
LOESS Plateau (China); NORTHWEST China; CHINA; RAINFALL; PLANT canopies; CARAGANA; HIPPOPHAE rhamnoides; REGRESSION analysis
- Publication
Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology / Yingyong Shengtai Xuebao, 2012, Vol 23, Issue 9, p2383
- ISSN
1001-9332
- Publication type
Article