Soil series and land use impacts on major soil properties: A quantitative comparison

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Soil series and land use impacts on major soil properties: A quantitative comparison

Wentai Zhang ^A , David C. Weindorf ^A ^B , Yuanda Zhu ^A , Beatrix J. Haggard ^A and Noura Bakr ^A

^A School of Plant, Environmental and Soil Sciences, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.
^B Corresponding author. Email: dweindorf@agcenter.lsu.edu

Soil Research 50(5) 390-396 http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SR11247
Submitted: 16 September 2011 Accepted: 5 July 2012 Published: 8 August 2012





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Abstract

Human-induced soil change is attracting increasing attention, yet how to quantitatively measure anthropogenic impact on changes in soil properties remains unclear. Eight selected soil properties—bulk density (BD), sand, silt, and clay content, pH, soil organic matter (SOM), total carbon (TC), and total nitrogen (TN)—at four soil depths (0–10, 10–20, 20–30, and 30–40 cm) were measured across three soil series (Gallion, Latanier and Sharkey) in south-central Louisiana, USA, to quantify changes in soil properties as a function of three contrasting land use types, i.e. forest, cropland, and Wetlands Reserve Program. Partial eta-squared values (η²) derived from two-way analysis of variance were used to quantitatively compare natural factors (soil series) and anthropogenic impact (land use) on these soil properties. Results showed that properties such as BD, pH, SOM, TC, and TN could be easily changed by anthropogenic disturbance, especially at 0–10 cm, while soil texture was mainly a natural factor. The anthropogenic factor accounted for 55.2%, 39.5%, 33.2%, and 36.0% of changes in the soil properties at 0–10, 10–20, 20–30, and 30–40 cm depth, respectively. These findings highlight the anthropogenic impact on selected soil properties.

Additional keywords: anthropogenic impact, partial eta-squared (η²), principal component analysis, Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP).

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