文献类型： 外文期刊

作者： Cao, Zhen ¹ ; Chen, Guohui ¹ ; Zhang, Song ⁴ ; Huang, Shangshu ¹ ; Wu, Yan ⁵ ; Dong, Fangjin ⁶ ; Guo, Yuming ⁷ ; Wang, Jianhao ⁸ ; Jiang, Fahui ¹ ;

作者机构： 1.Jiangxi Agr Univ, Minist Agr & Rural Affairs China, Key Lab Agr Resources & Ecol Poyang Lake Watershed, Nanchang 330000, Peoples R China

2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China

3.Chinese Acad Sci, Nanjing Inst Geog & Limnol, Key Lab Watershed Geog Sci, Nanjing 210008, Peoples R China

4.Jiujiang Acad Agr Sci, Jiujiang 332000, Peoples R China

5.Jiangxi Inst Red Soil & Germplasm Resources, Nanchang 330000, Peoples R China

6.Chinese Acad Sci, Northeast Inst Geog & Agroeocol, Harbin 150081, Peoples R China

7.Minist Agr & Rural Affairs, Cultivated Land Qual Monitoring & Protect Ctr, Beijing 100125, Peoples R China

8.Guilin Univ Technol, Coll Environm Sci & Engn, Guilin 541000, Peoples R China

关键词： soil erosion; water erosion; RUSLE; crop residue; conservation tillage

期刊名称：WATER （ 影响因子：3.4； 五年影响因子：3.5 ）

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年卷期： 2023 年 15 卷 15 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Soil erosion poses a global threat to arable land and its sustainability, particularly in China, where the most severe soil erosion exists worldwide. No-tillage (NT) and mulching (NTS) are considered the most effective soil management techniques for reducing erosion, but only 10% of the global area utilizes them. Therefore, in comparison to conventional tillage (CT), we conducted a comprehensive national assessment of NT and NTS to evaluate their impact on water erosion across China's croplands for the period spanning 2000 to 2018, through using Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE); subsequently, we projected the temporal and spatial erosion distribution, and examined their effects of various underlying driving factors by using a random-forest model. Nationally, the average soil loss rates were 1085, 564, and 396 t km(-2) a(-1) for the CT, NT, and NTS, respectively, across the entire arable land over a span of 18 years. This represents a reduction of 48% and 64% in the NT and NTS, respectively, compared to CT. From 2000 to 2018, water erosion-induced soil loss exhibited a slightly increasing trend with a wavelike pattern in CT, NT, and NTS. The spatial distribution of water erosion in China's arable land was primarily influenced by local precipitation, accounting for 45% to 52% of the total impact on CT, NT, and NTS. Additionally, the soil slope degree played a role, contributing 29% to 36% of the erosion patterns. Overall, NT and NTS demonstrated superior performance in mitigating the soil erosion in the southern regions of China, including the Central South, Southwest, and East China, owing to the substantial local rainfall and steep terrain. In contrast, NT and NTS exhibited a lower but still significant reduction in soil loss in the northern regions of China due to the flat topography and limited rainfall. However, considering the trade-off between economic losses (yield) and ecosystem benefits (erosion control), we recommend implementing NT and NTS primarily in the northern parts of China, such as the Northeast, North China, and Northwest.