Effects of Thinning Intensities on Soil Infiltration and Water Storage Capacity in a Chinese Pine-Oak Mixed Forest

Thinning is a crucial practice in the forest ecosystem management. The soil infiltration rate and water storage capacity of pine-oak mixed forest under three different thinning intensity treatments (15%, 30%, and 60%) were studied in Qinling Mountains of China. The thinning operations had a signific...

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Published in:TheScientificWorld 2014-01, Vol.2014 (2014), p.1-7
Main Authors: Wang, Dexiang, Shao, Hongbo, Yuan, Zhiyou, Chen, Lili, Mu, Xingmin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
China
Ecosystem management
Environmental aspects
Forest ecology
Forest ecosystems
Forest thinning
Forests
Infiltration
Infiltration (Hydrology)
Infiltration rate
Methods
Mixed forests
Mountains
Oak
Pinus
Quercus
Reservoirs
Soil - chemistry
Soil infiltration
Soil mechanics
Soil properties
Storage capacity
Thinning
Water - analysis
Water conservation
Water quality
Water storage
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Summary:Thinning is a crucial practice in the forest ecosystem management. The soil infiltration rate and water storage capacity of pine-oak mixed forest under three different thinning intensity treatments (15%, 30%, and 60%) were studied in Qinling Mountains of China. The thinning operations had a significant influence on soil infiltration rate and water storage capacity. The soil infiltration rate and water storage capacity in different thinning treatments followed the order of control (nonthinning):
ISSN:2356-6140
1537-744X
1537-744X
DOI:10.1155/2014/268157