Quantifying the impacts of diverse vegetation-covered patterns on hillslope soil erosion: a case experiment of alfalfa-covered hillslopes
As the results of shielding and protection effect of alfalfa, initial runoff generation time was delayed, infiltration rate was enhanced, and runoff and sediment yield rates were reduced; thus, soil loss was lowered on alfalfa-covered hillslopes. The research provided scientific reference for understanding the anti-erosion of herbage spatial distribution pattern and theoretical guidance for formulating soil and water conservation planning.
Authors
- Sinian Zhang
- Chong Yao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-2782-0264)
- Wei Yan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1391-1252)
- Kebing Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2072-7592)
- Qingwei Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2589-2896)
- Zhijia Gu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1127-5558)
- Ming Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2812-5406)
- WU Fa-qi
Institutions
- Xinyang Normal University (CN)
- Institute of Soil and Water Conservation (CN)
- China Railway Fifth Survey and Design Institute Group (CN)
- Northwest Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (CN)
- China Railway Group (China) (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Plant Science
- Published
- 2025-08-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2025.1629542
- Primary Topic
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China