<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Assessing Impacts of Land Use Change on Soil Quality\r\nIndicators in a Loessial Soil in Golestan Province, Iran"^^ . "A study was conducted to determine suitable soil properties as soil quality indicators,\r\nusing factor analysis in order to evaluate the effects of land use change on loessial hillslope\r\nsoils of the Shastkola District in Golestan Province, northern Iran. To this end, forty\r\nsurface soil (0-30 cm) samples were collected from four adjacent sites with the following\r\nland uses systems: (1) natural forest, (2) cultivated land, (3) land reforested with olive,\r\nand (4) land reforested with Cupressus. Fourteen soil chemical, physical, and biological\r\nproperties were measured. Factor analysis (FA) revealed that mean weight diameter\r\n(MWD), water stable aggregates (WSA), soil organic matter (SOM), and total nitrogen\r\n(TN) were suitable for assessing the soil quality in the given ecosystem for monitoring the\r\nland use change effects. The results of analysis of variance (ANOVA) and mean\r\ncomparison showed that there were significant (P< 0.01) differences among the four\r\ntreatments with regard to SOM, MWD, and sand content. Clearing of the hardwood\r\nforest and tillage practices during 40 years led to a decrease in SOM by 71.5%.\r\nCultivation of the deforested land decreased MWD by 52% and increased sand by 252%.\r\nThe reforestation of degraded land with olive and Cupressus increased SOM by about\r\n49% and 72%, respectively, compared to the cultivated control soil. Reforestation with\r\nolive increased MWD by 81% and reforestation with Cupressus increased MWD by\r\n83.6%. The study showed that forest clearing followed by cultivation of the loessial hilly\r\nslopes resulted in the decline of the soil quality attributes, while reforestation improved\r\nthem in the study area."^^ . "2011" . . "13" . "5" . . "University of Tarbiat Modares"^^ . . . "Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology"^^ . . . "16807073" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "A C"^^ . "Rodrigues de Lima"^^ . "A C Rodrigues de Lima"^^ . . "F"^^ . "Khormali"^^ . "F Khormali"^^ . . "S"^^ . "Ayoubi"^^ . "S Ayoubi"^^ . . "K L"^^ . "Sahrawat"^^ . "K L Sahrawat"^^ . . . . . . "Assessing Impacts of Land Use Change on Soil Quality\r\nIndicators in a Loessial Soil in Golestan Province, Iran (PDF)"^^ . . . . . . . . . "kls1.pdf"^^ . . . "Assessing Impacts of Land Use Change on Soil Quality\r\nIndicators in a Loessial Soil in Golestan Province, Iran (Image (JPEG))"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Assessing Impacts of Land Use Change on Soil Quality\r\nIndicators in a Loessial Soil in Golestan Province, Iran (Indexer Terms)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #1272 \n\nAssessing Impacts of Land Use Change on Soil Quality \nIndicators in a Loessial Soil in Golestan Province, Iran\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Soil Science"@en . .