The Influence of Land Use Change on Chemical and Biological Properties of Steppe Soils in Northern China

Arid Land Research and Management

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 197-212

  Guo, Yan Jun ^a   Ni, Yu ^b   Han, Jian Guo ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Agro pastoral transitional zone; Alfalfa; Land use conversion; Sensitivity index; Soil quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ALFALFA; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; BIOMASS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LAND USE CHANGE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL QUALITY; STEPPE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

ARBUSCULAR; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 70349887775     PISSN: 15324982     EISSN: 15324990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15324980903028553     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Bao, S. 2000. Agricultural chemical analysis of soil, pp. 70-89. China Agriculture Press, Beijing, China.
2. Berg, W. K., S. M. Cunningham, S. M. Brouder, B. C. Joern, K. D. Johnson, J. Santini, and J. J. Volenec. 2005. Influence of phosphorus and potassium on alfalfa yield and yield components. Crop Science 45:297-304.
3. Bertrand, I., R. E. Holloway, R. D. Armstrong, and M. J. McLaughlin. 2003. Chemical characteristics of phosphorus in alkaline soils from southern Australia. Australia Journal of Soil Research 41:61-76.
4. Biederbeck, V. O., V. Rasiah, C. A. Campbell, and R. P. Zentner. 1998. Soil quality attributes as influenced by annual legumes used as green manure. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 332:1177-1185.
5. Caravaca, F., G. Masciandaro, and B. Ceccanti. 2002. Land use in relation to soil chemical and biochemical properties in a semiarid Mediterranean environment. Soil and Tillage Research 68:23-30.
6. Casida, L. E., D. A. Klein, and T. Santoro. 1964. Soil dehydrogenase activity. Soil Science 98:371-376.
7. 15 N labelled burnt soil. Geoderma 137:300-309.
8. Celik, I., I. Ortas, and S. Kilic. 2004. Effects of compost, mycorrhiza, manure and fertilizer on some physical properties of a Chromoxerert soil. Soil and Tillage Research 78:59-67.
9. Daniels, B. A., and H. D. Skipper. 1982. Methods for the recovery and quantitative of propagules from soil, pp. 29-35, in Schenck, N. C. eds., Methods and principles of mycorrhizal research. American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul, MN.
10. Dolling, P. J. 1995. Effect of lupins and location on soil acdification rates. Australia Journal of Experiment Agriculture 35:753-763.
11. Dong, X. B., and X. S. Zhang. 2005. Developing the artificial grassland for the agriculture as the way for the agricultural structure adjustment in the agro-pastoral transitional zone in North China. Ecological Economy 153:87-89 (in Chinese).
12. Han, J. G., Y. W. Han, T. J. Sun, and X. S. Wang. 2004. Effects of returning cultivated land to herbage on soil organic matter and nitrogen in the agro-pastoral transitional zone of north China. Acta Prataculturae Sinica 13:21-28 (in Chinese).
13. Haynes, R. J., and M. H. Beare. 1997. Influence of six crop species on aggregate stability and some labile organic matter fractions. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 29:1647-1653.
14. Jiang, J. P., Y. C. Xiong, Y. Jia, F. M. Li, J. Z. Xu, and H. M. Jiang. 2007. Soil quality dynamics under successional alfalfa field in the semi-arid loess plateau of northwestern chia. Arid Land Research and Management 21:287-303.
15. Kellogg, L. E., and S. D. Bridgham. 2003. Phosphorus retention and movement across an ombrotrophic-minerotrophic peatland gradient. Biogeochemistry 63:299-315.
16. Kowalchuk, G. A., A. W. Stienstra, G. H. J. Hielig, J. R. Stephen, and J. W. Woldendorp. 2000. Molecular analysis of ammonia-oxidising bacteria in soil of successional grasslands of the Drentsche A (The Netherlands). FEMS Microbiological Ecology 31:207-215.
17. Kramer, S., and D. M. Green. 2000. Acid and alkaline phosphatase dynamics and their relationship to soil microclimate in semiarid woodland. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 32:179-188.
18. Lampurlanes, J., and C. Cantero-Martinez. 2006. Hydraulic conductivity, residue cover and soil surface roughness under different tillage systems in semiarid conditions. Soil and Tillage Research 84:13-26.
19. Liu, G. M., J. S. Yang, and R. J. Yao. 2006. Electrical Conductivity in soil extracts: Chemical factors and their intensity. Acta Pedologica Sinica 16:100-107 (in Chinese).
20. Madejon, E., F. Moreno, J. M. Murillo, and F. Pelegrin. 2007. Soil biochemical response to long-term conservation tillage under semi-arid Mediterranean conditions. Soil and Tillage Research 94:346-352.
21. Masciandaro, G., B. Ceccanti, and J. F. Gallardo-Lancho. 1998. Organic matter properties in cultivated versus set-aside arable soils. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 67:267-274.
22. Nakas, J. P., W. D. Gould, and D. A. Klein. 1987. Origin and expression of phosphatase activity in a semi-arid grassland soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 19:13-18.
23. Nannipieri, P., B. Ceccanti, C. Conti, and D. Bianchi. 1982. Hydrolases extracted from soil: Their properties and activities. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 14:257-263.
24. Rhoades, J. D., N. A. Manteghi, P. J. Shouse, and W. J. Alves. 1989. Soil electrical conductivity and soil salinity: new formulations and calibrations. Soil Science Society of American Journal 53:433-439.
25. Saggar, S., G. W. Yeates, and T. G. Sheperd. 2001. Cultivation effects on soil biological properties, microfauna and organic matter dynamics in Eutric Gleysol and Gleyic Luvisol soils in New Zealand. Soil and Tillage Research 58:55-68.
26. Sainju, U. M., A. Lenssen, T. Caesar-Thonthat, and J. Waddell. 2007. Dryland plant biomass and soil carbon and nitrogen fractions on transient land as influenced by tillage and crop rotation. Soil and Tillage Research 93:452-461.
27. Sang, Y. L. 1990. Reasons for soil alkalization in Hetao Plain and the improvement of applying ardealite. Inner Mongolia Agricultural Science and Technology 2:21-27 (in Chinese).
28. Sleugh, B. B., R. A. Gilfillen, W. T. Willian, and H. D. Henderson. 2006. Nutritive value and nutrient uptake of sorghum-sudangrass under different broiler litter fertility programs. Agronomy Journal 98:1594-1599.
29. Su, H., G. X. Liu, and T. He. 2005. Reclamation of grassland and its harm. Grassland of China 27:61-63 (in Chinese).
30. Su, Y. Z. 2007. Soil carbon and nitrogen sequestration following the conversion of cropland to alfalfa forage land in northwest China. Soil and Tillage Research 92:181-189.
31. Su, Y. Z., H. L. Zhao, Y. L. Li, and J. Y. Cui. 2004. Carbon mineralization potential in soil of different habitats in the semiarid Horqin Sandy Land: A laboratory experiment. Arid Land Research Management 18:1-12.
32. Tabatabai, M. A. 1994. Soil enzymes, pp. 775-833, in R. W. Weaver, J. S. Angle, and P. S. Bottomley eds., Methods of soil analysis: Microbiological and biochemical properties. Part 2. SSSA Book Series 5. SSSA, Madison, WI.
33. Tarafda, J. C., B. Kiran, and A. V. Rao. 1989. Phosphatase activity and distribution of phosphorus in arid soil profiles under different land use patterns. Journal of Arid Environments 16:29-34.
34. Tian, H. Y., P. Guo, and D. W. Zhou. 2001. The ecological influence of grassland reclamation on soil and vegetation. Arid Zone Research 18:67-71 (in Chinese).
35. Wang, T. 2000. Land use and sandy desertification in north China. Journal of Desert Research 20:103-113 (in Chinese).
36. Wang, X. M., F. H. Chen, and Z. B. Do. 2006. The relative role of climatic and human factors in desertification in semiarid China. Global Environmental Change 16:48-57.
37. Wang, Z. P., X. G. Han, and L. H. Li. 2008. Effects of grasslands conversion to croplands on soil organic carbon in the temperate Inner Mongolia. Journal of Environmental Management 86:529-534.
38. Yeomans, J. C., and J. M. Bremner. 1988. A rapid and precise method for routine determination of organic carbon in soil. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 13:1467-1476.
39. Zhao, H. L., R. L. Zhou, T. H. Zhang, J. Y. Cui, X. Y. Zhao, and S. Drake. 2007. Soil properties, crop productivity and irrigation effects on five croplands of Inner Mongolia. Soil and Tillage Research 93:346-355.