Effects of vegetation restoration on soil physical-chemical properties and activities of soil enzyme in the gully region of the Loess Plateau
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DOI:10.7606/j.issn.1000-7601.2010.06.12
Key Words: vegetation restoration  physical-chemical properties of soil  soil enzyme activity
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ZHANG Xiaopei Farmland Irrigation Research InstituteChinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xinrxiang, He'nan 453003, China
The Research Center of Recrycle Agricultural Engineering and Technology of Shaanxi ProvinceYanglingShaanxi 712100China 
YANG Gaihe College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
The Research Center of Recrycle Agricultural Engineering and Technology of Shaanxi ProvinceYanglingShaanxi 712100China 
REN Guangxin College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
The Research Center of Recrycle Agricultural Engineering and Technology of Shaanxi ProvinceYanglingShaanxi 712100China 
FENG Yongzhong College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
The Research Center of Recrycle Agricultural Engineering and Technology of Shaanxi ProvinceYanglingShaanxi 712100China 
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Abstract:
      Both micro-experiment and conventional chemical methods were adopted to study the changes of soil physical-chemical properties and soil enzyme activities under different vegetation restoration types . The results showed that compared with farmland,soil bulk density increased first and then declined, and pH declined at a range of 1.47%~ 5.52%; Soil organic matter content and total nitrogen increased by 9.76%~71.54% and 17.39%~62.32%; total phosphorus declined except 30-year Robinia pseudoacacia; Available nutrients increased slightly. The activity of soil Urease, Catalase,Alkaline phosphatase, and invertase all increased along with the vegetation rehabilitation ages, by 39%~229%,34%~96%, 25%~149% and 74%~250% as compared with the farmland. Enzyme activities were positively related to soil organic carbon and total nitrogen. In the gully region of the Loess Plateau, vegetation restoration can ameliorate soil physical-chemical properties and increase enzyme activity.