<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Protection of the environment by returning farmland to forest and grassland through enclosing areas of land to permit regeneration of native flora is being implemented in the Loess hill region of China. Soil physical properties are important components of ecological systems, as comparisons between cultivated and enclosed areas demonstrate. The results showed: the soil moisture content in the enclosed area was 14.6% and that in the cultivated area was 14%; the soil bulk density and soil porosity were respectively 1.45 g/cm3 and 45.28% in the enclosed areas, and respectively 1.46 g/cm3 and 44.79% in cultivated land. The alteration of soil physical properties was not big between cultivated areas and enclosed areas in the short term.</abstract>

Protection of the environment by returning farmland to forest and grassland through enclosing areas of land to permit regeneration of native flora is being implemented in the Loess hill region of China. Soil physical properties are important components of ecological systems, as comparisons between cultivated and enclosed areas demonstrate. The results showed: the soil moisture content in the enclosed area was 14.6% and that in the cultivated area was 14%; the soil bulk density and soil porosity were respectively 1.45 g/cm3 and 45.28% in the enclosed areas, and respectively 1.46 g/cm3 and 44.79% in cultivated land. The alteration of soil physical properties was not big between cultivated areas and enclosed areas in the short term.

The Effects of Enclosing Cultivated Land on the Physical Properties of Soil in the Loess Hill Region of Ordos

Inner Mongolia Normal University, College of Geographical Science, Zhaowuda Road 81, Saihan District, Hohhot,

Transylvanian Review of Systematical and Ecological Research

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Protection of the environment by returning farmland to forest and grassland through enclosing areas of land to permit regeneration of native flora is being...

The Effects of Enclosing Cultivated Land on the Physical Properties of Soil in the Loess Hill Region of Ordos

Published Online: Feb 10, 2017

Page range: 1 - 14

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/trser-2015-0090

Keywords
Soil bulk density, porosity and moisture, Ordos Region, China

© 2016 Lin Wang et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Effects of Enclosing Cultivated Land on the Physical Properties of Soil in the Loess Hill Region of Ordos

Published Online: Feb 10, 2017

Page range: 1 - 14

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/trser-2015-0090

KeywordsSoil bulk density, porosity and moisture, Ordos Region, China

© 2016 Lin Wang et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Soil bulk density, porosity and moisture, Ordos Region, China