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- Title
Canopy interception characteristics of main vegetation types in Liupan Mountains of China.
- Authors
Xu Li-Hong; Shi Zhong-Jie; Wang Yan-Hui; Xiong Wei; Yu Peng-Tao
- Abstract
Based on field observation and modeling analysis, this paper studied the canopy interception, interception capacity, and some parameters for interception modeling of main forest types in Liupan Mountains of China. For the test main forest types, the ratio of their canopy interception to precipitation ranged from 8-59% to 17-94%, throughfall was more than 80%, and stemflow ranged from 0-23% to 3-10%. The canopy interception capacity was 0-78 -1-88 mm, among which, leaf interception capacity was 0-62-1-63 mm, and stem interception capacity was 0-13- 0-29 mm. Conifer forest had a higher canopy interception capacity than broad-leaved forest. The modified model considering the change of leaf area index, which was used in this paper, had a higher simulating precision than the interception model used before. The simulation results for Betula albo-sinensis forest, Pinus armandii forest, Prunus shrub, and Quercus liaotungensis -Tilia paucicostata forest were good, but those for Quercus liaotungensis forest, Pinus tabulaeformis forest, and Acer tetramerum and Euonymus sanguineus shrub were bad, which might be related to the differences in canopy structure, leaf area index, and precipitation characteristics.
- Subjects
LIUPAN Mountains (China); CHINA; FOREST canopies; LEAF area index; DOWNY birch; PRECIPITATION (Chemistry)
- Publication
Yingyong Shengtai Xuebao, 2010, Vol 21, Issue 10, p2487
- ISSN
1001-9332
- Publication type
Article