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Effects of Land Use on Concentrations and Chemical Forms of Phosphorus in Different-Size Aggregates

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Land use has been recognized as an important driver of environmental change on all spatial and temporal scales. This study was conducted to determine the effects of land uses on phosphorus concentration in bulk soil and in water-stable aggregates in different soils. The study was conducted on three soil types (Ferrosols, Cambosols, and Primosols), which were collected from three different locations from southeast China and under three land uses (Uncultivated, Vegetable and forest land) the region is characterized as a hill and plain area. Accordingly, a total of 24 soil samples were collected. The results showed that average contents of total P were 0.55–1.55 g/kg, 0.28–1.03 g/kg and 0.14–0.8 g/kg for the soils: Cambosols, Ferrosols and Primosols respectively. Vegetable and forest land led to higher total phosphorus contents in these soils than in the uncultivated land. An aggregate fraction of >2 mm under forest land made up the largest percentage (30 up to 70%), whereas the size fraction <0.106 mm made the least contribution (5 up to 20%) in all soil types. Vegetable land increased the total phosphorus, organic phosphorus and Olsen P and phosphorus forms in the soils. It implies that the conversion of natural ecosystem to vegetable land increased the phosphorus proportion in the soils, which could have negative impact on the environmental quality.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Subtropical Soil and Plant Nutrition, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China

    E. H. Ahmad & M. Zhang

  2. Department of Soil and Water Sciences, University of Kordofan, El Obied, Sudan

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  3. Department of Dry Land Crop Science, Jijiga University, Jijiga, Ethiopia

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Ahmad, E.H., Demisie, W. & Zhang, M. Effects of Land Use on Concentrations and Chemical Forms of Phosphorus in Different-Size Aggregates. Eurasian Soil Sc. 50, 1435–1443 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1064229317120110

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