[Effect of land-use change on soil habitat in north Hebei plateau during last 50 years]

Ying Yong Sheng Tai Xue Bao. 2004 Apr;15(4):589-92.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

The change of soil habitat in an area depends on the land-use and cover change in the area to a great extent. Analysis of soil data in north Hebei plateau during last 50 years confirmed that the land-use change, i.e., the disorder reclamation of a large stretch of natural grassland into cultivated land and the extensive farming, had a series of negative effects on the soil habitat, and made the soil nutrients decreased. During last 50 years, the total and available amount of soil organic matter, N, P, and K decreased by 36.90%, 67.77%, 44.44%, 34.15%, 32.22%, 58.90% and 35.29%, respectively, and the granulometric contents of sand, silt and clay also varied by 18.24%, 19.55%, and 12.29%, respectively, which revealed that in order to ensure the land quality in the regionally important but vulnerable habitat area against the effect of land-use change and its possible degradation with time and to be in sustained dynamic equilibrium, it is necessary to take reasonable fertilization and reliable technical measures.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Agriculture / methods*
  • Agriculture / trends
  • China
  • Fertilizers / analysis*
  • Nitrogen / analysis
  • Phosphorus / analysis
  • Potassium / analysis
  • Soil / analysis*
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Fertilizers
  • Soil
  • Phosphorus
  • Nitrogen
  • Potassium