A geostatistic investigation of the comprehensive evaluation of fertility and spatial heterogeneity of forest soil nutrients in hilly and mountainous regions of southern China

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第一作者： Song, Da-ping

作者： Song, Da-ping;Li, Hong;Liu, Shan-jiang;Zou, Guo-yuan;Liu, Dong-sheng

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关键词： Hilly and mountainous regions; Forest soil nutrients and soil fertility; Geostatistics; Spatial heterogeneity

期刊名称：ARABIAN JOURNAL OF GEOSCIENCES （ 影响因子：1.827； 五年影响因子：1.985 ）

ISSN： 1866-7511

年卷期： 2019 年 12 卷 9 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： The objective of this study was to investigate five nutrient factors of the forest topsoil (0-20cm), including pH, soil organic matter (SOM), total nitrogen (STN), available phosphorus (AP), and available potassium (AK). This study adopted the revised Nemerow index method to conduct a comprehensive quantitative evaluation on the soil nutrition contents, and using geostatistical method to address the spatial variability of soil properties in hilly and mountainous regions, southern China. Data were analyzed both statistically and geostatistically on the basis of semivariogram. Our results indicate that the soil is generally acidic, containing rich SOM and STN, but lacks AP and AK. Most of the sub-indexes of fertility were at grade III, showing a middle level. According to the coefficient of variations (CV), the five soil nutrient factors can be ranked in decreasing order as follows: AP>SOM>AK>STN>pH. There were differences between the sub-indexes of fertility, which could be ranked as follows: P-SOM>P-AK>P-STN>P-pH>P-AP. The semi-variation functions for the five soil nutrient factors studied here show some spatial structure features, over a range of 23-274km. All nutrient factors had different nugget-to-sill ratios in each region, which varied from 10 to 50%, suggesting a strong or medium correlation. Thus, it can be concluded that the nutrient spatial distribution of the study area was the result of the combined action of structural factors and random factors, and the factors affecting the soil nutrients of the research area are highly complex. We will develop more targeted research plans about soil nutrients of study area in the next time.

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