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Some Changes in the Soil during Natural Succession of Vegetation after Abandonment in Western Nebraska 1
Author(s) -
Judd B. Ira,
Weldon M. D.
Publication year - 1939
Publication title -
agronomy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1435-0645
pISSN - 0002-1962
DOI - 10.2134/agronj1939.00021962003100030005x
Subject(s) - abandonment (legal) , ecological succession , library science , agronomy , political science , ecology , biology , law , computer science
T HE investigations reported here were part of a study of the natm’al succession of vegetation on abandoned farm lands in Kimball County, Nebraska. The study was confined to the Rosebud soils, which have been described by Jackson, Hayes, and Weldon (3). 3 Its purpose was to determine sorne of the changes occurring in the soil during the process of revegetation. Native grassland areas, cultivated fields, and fields abandoned for different periods of time were used. The rate of infiltration of water was observed in the field. The volume-weight, rate of percolation of water, state of aggregation, and organic matter, nitrogen, and root content were investigated in the laboratory.