The effects of vegetation on runoff and soil loss:Multidimensional structure analysis and scale characteristics  

植被多维结构对水土流失的影响与尺度特征（英文）

作　　者：刘见波 高光耀 王帅 焦磊 伍星 傅伯杰 

机构地区：[1]State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences,CAS [2]Joint Center for Global Change Studies [3]University of Chinese Academy of Sciences [4]College of Tourism and Environment, Shaanxi Normal University

出　　处：《Journal of Geographical Sciences》2018年第1期59-78,共20页地理学报（英文版）

基　　金：National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.41390464;National Key Research and Development Program,No.2016YFC0501602;Youth Innovation Promotion Association CAS,No.2016040

摘　　要：This review summarizes the effects of vegetation on runoff and soil loss in three dimensions: vertical vegetation structures(aboveground vegetation cover, surface litter layer and underground roots), plant diversity, vegetation patterns and their scale characteristics. Quantitative relationships between vegetation factors with runoff and soil loss are described. A framework for describing relationships involving vegetation, erosion and scale is proposed. The relative importance of each vegetation dimension for various erosion processes changes across scales. With the development of erosion features(i.e., splash, interrill, rill and gully), the main factor of vertical vegetation structures in controlling runoff and soil loss changes from aboveground biomass to roots. Plant diversity levels are correlated with vertical vegetation structures and play a key role at small scales, while vegetation patterns also maintain a critical function across scales(i.e., patch, slope, catchment and basin/region). Several topics for future study are proposed in this review, such as to determine efficient vegetation architectures for ecological restoration, to consider the dynamics of vegetation patterns, and to identify the interactions involving the three dimensions of vegetation.This review summarizes the effects of vegetation on runoff and soil loss in three dimensions： vertical vegetation structures （aboveground vegetation cover, surface litter layer and underground roots）, plant diversity, vegetation patterns and their scale characteristics. Quantitative relationships between vegetation factors with runoff and soil loss are described. A framework for describing relationships involving vegetation, erosion and scale is proposed. The relative importance of each vegetation dimension for various erosion processes changes across scales. With the development of erosion features （i.e., splash, interrill, rill and gully）, the main factor of vertical vegetation structures in controlling runoff and soil loss changes from aboveground biomass to roots. Plant diversity levels are correlated with vertical vegeta- tion structures and play a key role at small scales, while vegetation patterns also maintain a critical function across scales （i.e., patch, slope, catchment and basin/region）. Several topics for future study are proposed in this review, such as to determine efficient vegetation archi- tectures for ecological restoration, to consider the dynamics of vegetation patterns, and to identify the interactions involving the three dimensions of vegetation.

关 键 词：RUNOFF soil loss vertical vegetation structure plant diversity vegetation pattern scale characteristics 

分 类 号：S157[农业科学—土壤学]