Abstract:Abstract:We chose four typical patterns of converting farmland to forest in Three Gorges Reservoir region as study subject, which were Robinia pseudoacacia,Citrus reticulata+Amorpha fruticosa,Castanea mollissima,tea plantation, and chose slope land as reference.Based on the located observation of 3 years including 2004, 2007 and 2010,the dynamic change on soil and water conservation benefits of the patterns of converting farmland to forest was studied. Here come the conclusions: ① Compared with the slope farmland, the soil bulk density of four different patterns of converting farmland to forest decreased, and the porosity increased,but there were differences among different patterns. ② Surface runoff,runoff coefficient and soil erosion modulus for the four different modes of converting farmland to forest had a obvious significant decreasing trend. The average reduction for surface runoff was 80.43%~86.82%,the trend showed farmland>tea plantation>Robinia pseudoacacia>Castanea mollissima>Citrus reticulata + Amorpha fruticosa.The runoff coefficient for every mode of returning farmland to forest land ranged from 0.017 to 0.025, The reduce number for different mode varied as Citrus reticulata+Amorpha fruticosa(86.79%),Castanea mollissima(85.39%), tea plantation (83.33%),Robinia pseudoacacia (80.95%) respectively. The average reduction for soil erosion modulus was 1 409.39~1 458.15 t·(km2·a)-1, the trend showed farmland>Robinia pseudoacacia>Castanea mollissima>tea plantation>Citrus reticulata+Amorpha fruticosa.③ With the increasing of farmland returning, except that the soil organic matter of Castanea mollissima showed a gradual increasing,that of other patterns decreased at first and then increased.The total nitrogen content of Robinia pseudoacacia and Citrus reticulata+Amorpha fruticosa firstly decreased and then increased, while that of Castanea mollissima and tea plantation showed a gradually increasing trend. And the total phosphorus content increased continuously in all typical patterns of converting farmland to forest.Except that the total potassium content of Citrus reticulata+ Amorpha fruticosa increased 35%,that of other modes gradually reduced, which values were Robinia pseudoacacia(37.24%), Castanea mollissima(12.33%), and tea plantation (8.23%) respectively.