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土壤圈(英文版). 1995, (02)

Ecological Effects of Land Use Patterns in Red Soil HillyRegionEnglish Full Text

WANG XIAO-JU and GONG ZI-TONG(Institute of Soil Science, Academta Sinica, P. O. Box 821, Nanjing 210008 (China)

Abstract: Plant biomass and biodiversity, element accumulation and return, water loss and soil erosion, and changesin soil properties were studied for up to 10 years after conversion of sparse tree-shrubby grass land into thefollowing four land use patterns: masson pine （Pznvs massonzana Lamb.） land, beautiful sweetgum （Ltq-uidambar fomosana Hance） land, vegetation reservation land, and artificial mowing land. The annualbiomass production of the masson pine land was 5060 kg ha￣-1 being 4.9, 2.1, and 6.0 times that of the beau-tiful sweetgum land, the vegetation reservation land, and the artificial mowing land, respectively. Comparedwith the background values, the number of plant species for the vegetation reservation land increased by 10species after 10 years of land utilization, while for the masson pine and the beautiful sweetgum decreased by4, and for the artificial mowing land by 9. For masson pine land, total amount of N, P, K, Ca, and Mg neededfor producing 1000 kg dry matter was only 3.5 kg, annual element return through litter was 22 kg ha￣-1, bothof which were much lower than those of the other patterns. Vegetation reservation was an effective measureto conserve soil and water and improve soil fertility in the red soil hilly region. Artificial mowing arousedserious degradation of vegetation and soil. Some measures and suggestions for management and exploitationof the red soil hilly region such as masson pine planting, closing hills for afforestation, and stereo-agricultureon one hill are proposed.
Keywords：

ecological effects; land utilization; red soil hilly region; soil change;

  • Series：

    (D) Agriculture

  • Subject：

    Fundamental Science of Agriculture; Agronomy

  • Classification Code：

    S154.1

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