Site type classification for the shelter-forest ecological project along the Tarim Desert Highway

Li, Bingwen; Xinwen, Xu; Lei, Jiaqiang; Qiu, YongZhi; Xu, Bo; Zhou, Hongwei; Wang, Qiang; Wang, Bo; Su, Wei

doi:10.1007/s11434-008-6003-6

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“…, with wind activity intensity index above 40,000 [5]. Most of the areas along the highway are covered with mobile shifting sands, mainly consisting of fine and very fine sand particles [4].…”

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“…Most of the areas along the highway are covered with mobile shifting sands, mainly consisting of fine and very fine sand particles [4]. There are very few natural vegetation and residential animals [5]. …”

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“…To access oil fields, a highway was built from north to south across the Taklimakan Desert in 1997. A shelterbelt was planted along both sides of the highway in 2003, to limit sand drift into the highway [5]. The shelterbelt, which is sometimes called "Great Green Wall", consists of several drought-and salt-tolerant plants including Tamarisk L., Haloxylon Bunge, and Calligonum L. [6].…”

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Spatiotemporal Distribution of Soil Moisture and Salinity in the Taklimakan Desert Highway Shelterbelt

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Wang

Zhao

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Spatiotemporal Distribution of Soil Moisture and Salinity in the Taklimakan Desert Highway Shelterbelt

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Zhao

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“…The plants were interspersed along rows, with a row spacing of 2 m and a plant spacing in the same row of 1 m. Plants are drip-irrigated with highly saline groundwater (salinity: 2.82–29.87 g/L) pumped from local wells [ 13 , 22 ]. On both sides of the highway the topography is heterogeneous and complex [ 27 ]. As a result of this topography, the types of wind-blown sand events vary significantly along the highway and require the use of different shelterbelt structures to control wind-blown sand [ 28 ].…”

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Is the Taklimakan Desert Highway Shelterbelt Sustainable to Long-Term Drip Irrigation with High Saline Groundwater?

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Xinwen

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Freshwater resources are scarce in desert regions. Highly saline groundwater of different salinity is being used to drip irrigate the Taklimakan Desert Highway Shelterbelt with a double-branch-pipe system controlling the irrigation cycles. In this study, to evaluate the dynamics of soil moisture and salinity under the current irrigation system, soil samples were collected to a 2-m depth in the shelterbelt planted for different years and irrigated with different groundwater salinities, and soil moisture and salinity were analyzed. The results showed that both depletion of soil moisture and increase of topsoil salinity occurred simultaneously during one irrigation cycle. Soil moisture decreased from 27.4% to 2.4% for a 15-day irrigation cycle and from 26.4% to 2.7% for a 10-day-cycle, respectively. Topsoil electrical conductivity (EC) increased from 0.64 to 3.32 dS/m and 0.70 to 3.99 dS/m for these two irrigation cycles. With increased shelterbelt age, profiled average soil moisture (0–200 cm) reduced from 12.8% (1-year) to 7.1% (10-year); however, soil moisture in 0–20-cm increased, while topsoil salinity decreased. In addition, irrigation salinity mainly affected soil salinity in the 0–20-cm range. We conclude that water supply with the double-branch-pipe is a feasible irrigation method for the Taklimakan Desert Highway Shelterbelt, and our findings provide a model for shelterbelt construction and sustainable management when using highly saline water for irrigation in analogous habitats.

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“…To ensure the long-term safe operations of the Tarim Highway, the ecological project of shelter forests along the Tarim Desert Highway was initiated in 2003, and was concluded in 2005. The shelterbelt covers an area of 3128 hm 2 , with 436 km in length and 72-78 m in width [51]. The shelterbelt has three layout patterns, including the four-belt pattern in the inter-dunes and small dunes, the two-belt pattern in the high-complex sand dunes or ridges, and the three-belt pattern in the transition areas between the high-complex sand ridges and the inter-dunes.…”

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Historical evolution and the effects of ecological management in Tarim Basin, China

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FeiHu

et al. 2010

Chin. Sci. Bull.

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Site type classification for the shelter-forest ecological project along the Tarim Desert Highway

Cited by 13 publications

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Spatiotemporal Distribution of Soil Moisture and Salinity in the Taklimakan Desert Highway Shelterbelt

Spatiotemporal Distribution of Soil Moisture and Salinity in the Taklimakan Desert Highway Shelterbelt

Is the Taklimakan Desert Highway Shelterbelt Sustainable to Long-Term Drip Irrigation with High Saline Groundwater?

Historical evolution and the effects of ecological management in Tarim Basin, China

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