Abstract
Start your abstract here With the global environmental change, more attention was paid to the effect of farmland shelterbelt. In this study, spatial and temporal patterns of soil temperature in shelterbelts of Taxodium distichum in South China was monitored using gradient observed method through observation plots placed in Taxodium distichum shelterbelts, sugarcane field and blank field (open site) in January, April, July, and October, respectively. It was found that soil temperature changed with time in a day with a single peak in all the four phases among three sites. However, compared with blank field, the vertical patterns of soil temperature of Taxodium distichum shelterbelts and sugarcane field showed special characteristic. One-way ANOVA and Tukey's HSD showed soil temperature was significantly different with annual and seasons among Taxodium distichum shelterbelts, sugarcane field and blank field along a seasonal dynamic (P < 0.05). Effective measures should be taken to regulate the soil temperature in order to satisfy the needs of growth of sugarcane.
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