E-Book, Englisch, Band Band 1, 60 Seiten
Reihe: LILAC Publications
ISBN: 978-3-640-70006-6
Verlag: GRIN Publishing
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While differences in altitude did not seem to have profound influences on the soils, effects of land uses were pronounced especially in the first 10 to 20 cm of soil profiles. Soils under forests contain between 1.3 % - 2 % SOC and 0.15 % - 0.17 % TN in the Ah horizon. With contents of 1.2 % SOC and 0.11 % TN (Ah horizon) the profile under agricultural use (paddy rice) clearly contains less SOC and TN than the forest profiles. Fertilization also seemed to have an influence resulting in higher contents of Ca (6 - 12 times) and Mg (up to 4 times) for the topsoil as well as a higher effective CEC (7.9 - 9.3 cmolc/kg) for subsoil horizons of the paddy field compared to forest and rubber sites. The profile under bare land (transect 1) showed higher leaching of nutrients due to the missing soil cover. Thus, Al and Fe contents were enriched, while the effective CEC (5.1 cmolc/kg) was reduced and dominated by Al (> 80 %) compared to the other profiles. Differences between forest sites and the rubber stand (>25 years) were less obvious.