Implications of soil substrate and land use for properties of fen soils in North-East Germany Part III: Soil quality for grassland use
| Autor: | T. Graham Shepherd, Lothar Mueller, Uwe Schindler, Thomas Kaiser, Axel Behrendt |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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| Zdroj: | Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science. 53:137-146 |
| ISSN: | 1476-3567 0365-0340 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/03650340701224831 |
| Popis: | The aim of the study was to analyse aspects of fen soil quality for grassland use with regard to the different topsoil structure and their status of earthification/moorshification (degradation). Fifty fens of different origin, structural status and land use intensity were sampled, analysed and scored by different methods: Visual Soil Assessment, Peerlkamp test and Muencheberg Soil Quality Rating. Suitable soil structure scores were found at different land use intensities with the exception of stock tracks on pastures. These had lower water and air permeability and lower soil strength. Highest visual scores of macrostructure were found where the water table was deeper; while highest overall soil quality scores occurred where the water table was optimum. The accelerated status of moorshification had no effect on the soil quality scores and on the crop yield. At lower levels of soil development (earthification) the crop yield was slightly lower due to higher proportions of inedible plants. It may be... |
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