[Relationships of soil moisture content with precipitation and evaporation in rehabilitated forests in degraded limestone red-soil region of Jiangxi Province].

ABSTRACT

By using time series analysis, the relationships of 0-40 cm soil moisture content with precipitation and evaporation in four main rehabilitated forests in degraded limestone red-soil region of Xiushui County, Jiangxi Province were studied. The results showed that in the four rehabilitated forests, the previous month's soil moisture content had stronger effects on the current month's soil moisture content in 0-40 cm and 20-40 cm layers, but had lesser effects on that in 0-10 cm layer. The soil moisture content in 20-40 cm layer was mainly affected by current month's precipitation, while that in 0-10 cm layer was mainly affected by current month's evaporation. The correlation coefficient between current month's precipitation and soil moisture content was the largest in pure Liquidambar formosana plantation, and the auto-interrelation coefficient of soil moisture content was larger in mixed forests than in pure L. formosana plantation.