[Experimental research on the anti-wind erosion of typical grasslands].
Wind erosion is one of the most important factors influencing the stability and functions of typical grassland ecosystem and one of the main reasons causing grassland degradation. In order to understand the effects of the human disturbances to the ability of anti-wind erosion of the typical grasslands, a wind tunnel experiment was made and the wind erosion rates (WER) and wind erosion amount (WEA) were selected to illustrate the effects. From the experiment, it can be found that banned-grazing reduced the WEA and the WER markedly. At the same wind speed, the longer the banned-grazing period, the less the WEA and the WER; the WEA and the WER in the grassland cultivation are more than those of the natural grasslands and the differences increase with wind speed. There exists a linear relationship between WER and the disturbance intensity. The results show that grazing and cultivation can weaken the ability of anti-wind erosion of typical grassland ecosystem, and banned-grazing can strengthen the ability. Therefore, in typical grassland areas, taking the active banned-grazing measures is the most effective approach to stop the degradation and trigger the rehabilitation of typical grassland ecosystem.
Xu
Zhong-Qi
ZQ
Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Beijing 100101, China. xuzq@igsnrr.ac.cn
Li
Wen-Hua
WH
Min
Qing-Wen
QW
Ao
Qi-Er
QE
Wang
Ying-Shun
YS
Han
Xi
X
He
Xu-Sheng
XS
He
Jun-Jie
JJ
D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D017753:Ecosystem; D006109:Poaceae / Q000254:growth & development*; D014919:Wind