SOIL QUALITY AND SPATIAL VARIABILITY ASSESSMENT OF LAND USE EFFECTS IN A TYPIC HAPLUSTOLL      
Yazarlar (6)
Engin Özgöz
Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Hikmet Günal
Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Doç. Dr. Nurullah ACİR Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Fatih Gökmen
Iğdır Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Birol Murat
Mesut Budak
Siirt Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Makale Türü Açık Erişim Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı LAND DEGRADATION DEVELOPMENT
Dergi ISSN 1085-3278 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Dergi Grubu Q2
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 05-2013
Cilt No 24
Sayı 3
Sayfalar 277 / 286
DOI Numarası 10.1002/ldr.1126
Makale Linki http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/ldr.1126
Özet
Soil management practices can have negative or positive effects on soil quality. Our objective was to assess the effect of long-term agricultural practices by evaluating selected soil physical and chemical properties. Soil samples were collected from two depths (0 to 15 and 15 to 30cm) within a native pasture and an adjacent agricultural field that was being used for three different crop rotations. Soil quality was quantified using aggregate stability, bulk density, soil texture and available water content as physical properties and pH, electrical conductivity, organic matter and available phosphorus as chemical properties. The farmland soils were functioning at 71 and 70 per cent of their full potential at the 0- to 15- and 15 to 30-cm-depth increments, respectively, whereas those from the pasture were functioning at 73 and 69 per cent, respectively. The assessment showed substantial loss in soil organic carbon following 50years of farmland cultivation. Tillage and fertilizer applications were presumably the primary reasons for weaker spatial dependence within farmland at the 0- to 15-cm depth. Grazing was postulated as the main reason for weaker spatial dependence within the pasture soils at the 15- to 30-cm depth. Overall, we conclude that 50years of cultivation has not caused soil quality to decline to a point that threatens sustainability of the agricultural fields. Copyright (c) 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Anahtar Kelimeler
soil quality | Soil Management Assessment Framework (SMAF) | pasture | farmland | spatial | Turkey | land use