The Water and Soil Conservative Function of Litter on Forestland

摘要

The research results on litter in forestland in China were preliminary summarized, include water holding ability of litter and its influence factors, effect of protecting soil from splash erosion, effect of restraining soil evaporation and retarding runoff velocity by forest litter, the anti-scourability of litter, so that to cooperate ecology construction which is developing at present in a large-scale in west China.