Boththeoreticalandfieldobservationswereexaminedtostudythecloserelationshipbetweensoildegenerationandtheevolutionofgrasslandvegetation.Ageneraln-speciesmodelofequalcompetitionunderdifferentdegreesofsoildegradationwasappliedtofielddatainordertoprobethedynamicprocessesandmechanismsofvegetationevolutionduetotheeffectsofthesoil'secologicaldeteriorationongrasslandvegetation.Comparisonsweremadebetweenthetheoreticalresultsandthepracticalsurveyswithsatisfactoryresults.
