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SOME CONTRASTS IN SOIL DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN GRASSLAND AND DECIDUOUS WOODLAND SITES
Author(s) -
GRIEVE I. C.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of soil science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.244
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1365-2389
pISSN - 0022-4588
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2389.1980.tb02071.x
Subject(s) - grassland , woodland , soil water , deciduous , soil science , bulk density , soil horizon , soil series , topsoil , environmental science , calcareous soils , soil morphology , horizon , calcareous , soil organic matter , agronomy , geology , soil classification , ecology , biology , mathematics , paleontology , geometry
Summary Soil profile and structural development were compared under two land‐use types on acid and calcareous soils. The grassland soils were found to have better developed and more stable structures in the A horizon, but unchanged bulk density and infiltration capacity. In the B horizons the direction of difference was reversed. Profile development was deeper under woodland on the softer parent materials. The differences were primarily related to root density, penetration and more intimate incorportion of organic matter under grass.