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DOI	10.2489/jSWC.2023.00155
	Characteristics of the soil macropore and root architecture of alpine meadows during the seasonal freezing-thawing process and their impact on water transport in the Qinghai Lake watershed, northeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
	Hu, X.; Jiang, L. -b.; Zhao, Y. -d.; Li, X. -y.
发表日期	2023
ISSN	0022-4561
EISSN	1941-3300
起始页码	299
结束页码	308
卷号	78 期号:4
英文摘要	Low temperatures, freezing-thawing cycles, and short growing seasons character-ize alpine soils. The mattic epipedon, a special diagnostic surface horizon with an intensive root network, is widely distributed in alpine ecosystems. Studies on the soil macropores and roots of the mattic epipedon layer in response to seasonal freezing-thawing processes on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau are lacking. This study characterized the soil macropores and roots of alpine meadows during the seasonal freezing-thawing process using X-ray computed tomog-raphy and revealed the influence of soil macropores and roots structure on water transport in the mattic epipedon layer of the alpine meadows. The results showed that the soil pore distri-bution was more uniform during the unstable freezing stage (UFP) and the unstable thawing stage (UTP), whereas there was a clear mattic epipedon layer during the completely thawed stage (TP) and the completely frozen stage (FP). Soils in the TP stage had a higher total sur-face area density (0.1898 mm2 mm-3), length density (225.28 mm mm-3), node density (1,592 no. mm-3), and connectivity (0.3144) of soil macropores than those in the UFP, UTP, and FP stages. In the TP stages, the density, surface area density, branch density, length density, and node density of roots had significant correlations with the macroporosity, surface area density, length density, node density, and tortuosity of soil macropores. In the FP stage, there were no correlations between the root and soil macropore characteristics. Vertical water is expected to move more readily through the mattic epipedon in the TP stage than in the UFP and UTP stages. Roots were the preferential pathways for water transport into the soil layer of the alpine meadow. Therefore, the mattic epipedon is a key layer for water and nutrient storage and plays an important role in the water-holding function of the Tibetan Plateau due to its greater root development.
关键词	mattic epipedon root seasonal freezing-thawing soil macropore soil water
英文关键词	CLAY LOAM; CYCLES; QUANTIFICATION; FLOW; BEHAVIOR
WOS研究方向	Ecology ; Soil Science ; Water Resources
WOS记录号	WOS:001039131700004
来源期刊	JOURNAL OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/283422
作者单位	Beijing Normal University; Beijing Normal University
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Hu, X.,Jiang, L. -b.,Zhao, Y. -d.,et al. Characteristics of the soil macropore and root architecture of alpine meadows during the seasonal freezing-thawing process and their impact on water transport in the Qinghai Lake watershed, northeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau[J],2023,78(4).
APA	Hu, X.,Jiang, L. -b.,Zhao, Y. -d.,&Li, X. -y..(2023).Characteristics of the soil macropore and root architecture of alpine meadows during the seasonal freezing-thawing process and their impact on water transport in the Qinghai Lake watershed, northeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.JOURNAL OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION,78(4).
MLA	Hu, X.,et al."Characteristics of the soil macropore and root architecture of alpine meadows during the seasonal freezing-thawing process and their impact on water transport in the Qinghai Lake watershed, northeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau".JOURNAL OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION 78.4(2023).