Soil property changes after conversion from forest to pasture in mount Sacinka, Artvin, Turkey

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dc.authorid0000-0002-6278-5443en_US
dc.contributor.authorÖzalp, Mehmet
dc.contributor.authorYüksel, Esin Erdoğan
dc.contributor.authorYüksel, Turan
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-08T06:54:50Z
dc.date.available2021-07-08T06:54:50Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.departmentAÇÜ, Orman Fakültesi, Orman Mühendisliği Bölümüen_US
dc.description.abstractTurkey’s forests have been continuously facing conversion into both agriculture and pasturelands, causing not only degradation and fragmentation of forested lands but also negative changes in soil properties that have not been thoroughly investigated. In order to determine possible changes in some physical and hydrophysical soil parameters along with the dispersion ratio between natural coppice forests and the neighbouring forest-to-grassland converted areas, a foothill of Mount Sacinka in Artvin was chosen as a research area. Besides land use, possible effects of elevation change on soil properties due to the mountainous and moderately steep landscape of the region were also taken into consideration. The soil samples were analysed for soil texture, permeability, field capacity, bulk density, organic matter, pH and dispersion ratio. The results indicated that whereas permeability (43·05 mm h 1 in forest and 18·82 mm h 1 in pasture), field capacity (43·45% in forest and 38·08% in pasture) and organic matter (6·36% in forest and 5·34% in pasture) values turned out to be higher in forest soils, bulk density (0·91 g cm 3 in forest and 1·06 g cm 3 in pasture) and pH (5·89 in forest and 6·55 in pasture) values were low in grassland soils, meaning that conversion has negative effects on soil properties. Additionally, the mean dispersion ratios of 27·55% and 33·58% for forest and pastureland soils, respectively, indicated soil erosion problems in both land uses. In addition, as for elevation effect, forest soils especially showed better characteristics at higher elevations with high permeability, field capacity and organic matter and low pH and dispersion ratio.
dc.identifier.citationÖzalp, M., Erdoğan Yüksel, E., & Yüksek, T. (2016). Soil property changes after conversion from forest to pasture in Mount Sacinka, Artvin, Turkey. Land Degradation & Development, 27(4), 1007-1017.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/ldr.2353
dc.identifier.endpage1017en_US
dc.identifier.issue4en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityN/A
dc.identifier.startpage1007en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11494/3280
dc.identifier.volume27en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.institutionauthorÖzalp, Mehmet
dc.institutionauthorYüksel, Esin Erdoğan
dc.institutionauthorYüksel, Turan
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.relation.ispartofLand Degradation & Development
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectForest conversionen_US
dc.subjectLand degradationen_US
dc.subjectLand use typesen_US
dc.subjectSoil physical and hydrophysical propertiesen_US
dc.subjectDispersion ratioen_US
dc.titleSoil property changes after conversion from forest to pasture in mount Sacinka, Artvin, Turkeyen_US
dc.typeArticle

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