The effect of land use change on some physical, chemical and biological characteristics of soil

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1 MSc in Soil Resource Management, Department of Soil Science, University of Maragheh, Maragheh, Iran.

2 Associate Professor, Department of Soil Science, University of Maragheh, Maragheh, Iran.

3 Associate Professor, Department of Soil Science, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran.

4 Ph.D. in Soil Sciences, Department of Soil Sciences, Zanjan University, Zanjan, Iran.

5 Assistant Professor, Department of Soil Science, University of Maragheh, Maragheh, Iran.

Abstract

Nowadays, vast areas of forests have been changed to farmlands, and the change in land use is one of the important factors reducing soil quality. The purpose of this research is to investigate the effect of land use change from forest and pasture to agriculture on some soil characteristics in Sarab Badia area (Kermanshah province). Sampling was done in 2018 from points with the same slope in the form of a nesting site. For this purpose, four areas near each other that have the same landscape and include 3 uses of forest, pasture, and agriculture and also two depths of 0-20 and 20-40 cm were considered. Composite samples were prepared from each depth. After transferring the samples to the laboratory, the important characteristics of the soil were measured based on standard methods. The results showed that among the physical characteristics of the soil, MWD was affected more than the other physical characteristics due to the change in land use, so that by changing the land use from forest to agriculture in the subsoil layer (20-40 cm), MWD decreased by 51.04%. Among the soil chemical properties, organic carbon and total nitrogen with 52.95% decrease in top layer of the soil (0-20 cm), had the most variability due to the change of land use from forest to pasture. The metabolic coefficient was sensitive to the change in land use from forest to agriculture, as its value decreased by 92.92% in the sub layer (20-40 cm). Characteristics such as; MWD, organic carbon, total nitrogen, and metabolic coefficient are highly sensitive to changes of management conditions at the field level, so these characteristics can be used to monitor soil quality.

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Iranian Journal of Soil and Water Research
Volume 53, Issue 7
January 2023
Pages 1625-1643

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