The effect of afforestation on soil properties of Lavizan Forest Park - Bird Garden
Subject Areas : natural resorcesfarahnaz rashidi 1 , Adel Jalili 2 , mahnaz khazaei 3
1 - Assistant Prof., Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran. *(Corresponding Author)
2 - Prof., Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran.
3 - Master’s degree in forestry and forest ecology, University of Tehran, Iran.
Keywords: Acidity, Black locust, Nitrogen percentage, plantation, sand percentage, pine.,
Abstract :
Background and Objectives: According to the effect of vegetation cover on physical and chemical characteristics of soil and the importance of that this ecosystem plays in the preservation and stability of plant stands. This study was carried out to investigate the effect of plantation on It was performed on soil constituent elements.
Material and Methodology: The study area was selected as part of Lavizan Forest Park. Ten soil samples from each 84 plots in the area (840 samples) was gathered to measure soil texture parameters (percentage of sand, silt and clay), percentage of organic matter, N, K, P, T.N.T, PH and EC in two layers (the first (layer O) and the second (30 cm after the first layer)). These factors were evaluated with Pearson correlation, two independent and paired sample t test.
Findings: Pearson Correlation between physical and chemical properties in the first and second layers of soil in the 5 vegetation dominant types of the region indicate many significant positive and negative correlation between these parameters. The results of independent T analysis between the first and second layers of Black locust type soil (150 samples) and pine (400 samples) indicate that except for the percentage of lime, sand and silt percentage, which did not show a significant difference, Other characteristics are significantly different between the two soil horizons.
Discussion and Conclusion: PH and Sand percentage were shown significant differences in the first layer between pine and black locust. The amount of potassium, phosphorus and nitrogen in the initial horizon of the leaf needle type is more than the broad leaf type and in the second horizon, except for potassium, this increase is also visible. The amount of organic matter, nitrogen, potassium, phosphorus, clay and pH between the two soil horizons show a significant difference and except for pH and clay, the others in the second horizon have decreased. The results demonstrated the type of plant cover has an effective on physical and chemical elements of soils. Therefore, significant differences is obvious in the first layer to the second layer.
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