Evaluating the effects of soil physicochemical properties under different land use types in the arid zones of Pakistan

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Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-023-03662-7" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-023-03662-7</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10668-023-03662-7" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10668-023-03662-7</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Evaluating the effects of soil physicochemical properties under different land use types in the arid zones of Pakistan

Original language description

Land use change has become a major issue since the turn of the twentieth century due to global warming, particularly the conversion of the natural forest area into agricultural land and bare land. Such changes in different land types are major threats to physiochemical soil features. However, the effects of soil physicochemical properties under different land use types were evaluated in the arid zones of Pakistan. The soil samples were taken from three depths 0–20 cm, 20–40 cm, and 40–60 cm into three land use types (forest, cultivated, and grazing land). To estimate the physiochemical properties of soil, the samples were tested in the laboratory through analytical procedures of the atomic absorption spectrometer. The results revealed that the fertility of the soil was classified into four major groups very low, low, medium, and high fertile soil. The findings indicated that 66.95% sand and 23.91% soil elements were analyzed in the forest layer and 36.8% clay elements in the subsurface layer of cultivated land. The outcomes of the survey also showed that high (58.29%) and low (49.14%) amounts of total potassium were measured in cultivated and forest land areas of arid regions of Pakistan, respectively. In addition, about 53% of all land types were categorized into low organic matter division areas. The high amount of total nitrogen nutrients (0.12%) was found in the cultivated land and the lowest (0.003%) in the forest land. Comparatively, high potassium (K) 93.15 mg kg-1 was noted in the cultivated land. Moreover, Mn > Fe > Cu > Zn order of the nutrient amount was assessed over arid climate for all land use types over arid regions of Pakistan. Conclusively, this study will help predict the soil potential for sustainable agriculture and a green economy that boosts land use planning and development.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10508 - Physical geography

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY

ISSN

1387-585X

e-ISSN

1573-2975

Volume of the periodical

26

Issue of the periodical within the volume

5

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

18

Pages from-to

13577-13594

UT code for WoS article

001042052300001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85178206820