The influence of sheep pasturing on the humus condition of light chestnut soils of the Tersko-Kumskaya Depression

Autor: M. E. Kotenko
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Arid Ecosystems. 1:115-118
ISSN: 2079-0988
2079-0961
DOI: 10.1134/s2079096111020053
Popis: In light loamy soils and loamy sands of light chestnut associations, pasturing digression leads to an intensive decrease in the humus content to 0.4–0.7%. In the first three years of digression, the humus content decreases by 20% of its total amount, while the humic acids : fulvic acids : insoluble residue ratio remains the same. Pasture load, independently of its intensity, leads to a leveling of the total humus content and its fractions and to a certain uniformity in it. Preservation of residual humus content can promote the restoration of soils after the cessation of pasturing.
Databáze: OpenAIRE