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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Environ. Sci.
Sec. Soil Processes
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2024.1519807
This article is part of the Research Topic Vegetation-soil-hydrology Interactions and Ecohydrological Processes View all 14 articles

Soil Moisture Partitioning Strategies in Blowouts in the Hulunbeier Grassland and Response to Rainfall

Provisionally accepted
ZhiXin* Bao ZhiXin* Bao 1Limin Yuan Limin Yuan 2*Zhongju Meng Zhongju Meng 1Ezhen Zhang Ezhen Zhang 1*Lei Zhu Lei Zhu 1*Jinwang Liu Jinwang Liu 1*
  • 1 Agricultural University of Inner Mongolia, huhehaote, China
  • 2 Inner Mongolia Science and Technology Innovation Center of Forestry and Grassland, Hohhot, China

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    Soil moisture and soil water retention capacity are key influencing factors for the normal growth and development of vegetation. Understanding the dynamic change characteristics of soil moisture in blowouts and soil water retention capacity is of great significance for the management of blowouts. This study employs drying and in situ monitoring methods to select typical blowouts in different regions (sand pits, fringe zones, sand accumulation zones, and sand-grass transition zones) on the Hulunbuir Grassland. A large area of natural grassland surrounding these regions was chosen as the control (CK). Soil moisture at depths of 20, 40, 60, 100 and 200 cm below the surface was measured along the soil profile using the ECH2O-10HS soil moisture automatic monitoring instrument. The HOBO-RG3-M self-recording rain gauge was used to monitor rainfall. Soil water storage, coefficient of variation, and Pearson's correlation coefficient were calculated to study the differences in soil moisture and the dynamic change regularity in soil moisture under different rainfall conditions. This research provides important theoretical support for the soil moisture distribution and vegetation restoration in the blowouts of the Hulunbuir Grassland.

    Keywords: Soil volumetric water content, rainfall, Soil water storage, Blowouts, Soil

    Received: 30 Oct 2024; Accepted: 24 Dec 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Bao, Yuan, Meng, Zhang, Zhu and Liu. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Limin Yuan, Inner Mongolia Science and Technology Innovation Center of Forestry and Grassland, Hohhot, China
    Ezhen Zhang, Agricultural University of Inner Mongolia, huhehaote, China
    Lei Zhu, Agricultural University of Inner Mongolia, huhehaote, China
    Jinwang Liu, Agricultural University of Inner Mongolia, huhehaote, China

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