中国农业科学（英文版）2007，Vol.6Issue(11)：1369-1375,7.
Regional Variability of the Effects of Land Use Systems on Soil Properties
Regional Variability of the Effects of Land Use Systems on Soil Properties
摘要
Abstract
In order to explore the regional variability of the effects of land use systems on soil properties, Shouyang County in Shanxi Province and Danling County in Sichuan Province of China were selected as the study areas. Field soil samples of the four land use systems (natural forest, forest plantation, shrubland, and cropland) were collected, respectively, from the two areas. The general statistical tools were used to analyze soil data. The results showed that the influence of land use systems on soil properties was significant. In general, soils in slightly human-disturbed land use systems presented a higher fertility level than those in strongly human-disturbed land use systems in both areas. Furthermore, the impacts of the same land use systems on soil properties showed a distinct regional variability, and even in the same land use system,different farming systems and site management measures (such as irrigation, fertilization, and pesticides) could also lead to the regional heterogeneity in soil properties. The regional variability of land use effects on soil properties reveals the regional variability of the effects of human activities on environmental changes, and could explain the complex relationship between humans and the natural environment in certain ways.关键词
land use system, soil property, regional variability, human activityKey words
land use system, soil property, regional variability, human activity分类
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..Regional Variability of the Effects of Land Use Systems on Soil Properties[J].中国农业科学（英文版）,2007,6(11):1369-1375,7.基金项目
This work was supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (863 Program, 2006AA12Z103), and the National Non-Profit Foundation for Research Institutes, Ministry of Finance of China (IARRP-2007-025). （863 Program, 2006AA12Z103）
