title: [Changes and analysis of soil quality under different land use types in oasis rim].
abstract: The aggravation process of oasisization leads to changes of land use type in oasis rim. In order to discuss the effects of different land use types on soil properties and soil quality, the four land use types located Cele oasis rim in south margin of Tarim Basin, which are the cotton field, orchard, and Caligonum mongolicum Turcz land use type reclaimed by people and nature state land use type covered by Alhagi sparsifolia SHAP, were selected as study object. The relative soil quality index (RI) and the soil quality synthesis index (SQI) were used to analyse the changes of soil quality between four land use types within 0-20 cm, 2040 cm, 40-60 cm soil depth, respectively. Meantime, the fractal theory was used to analyse the particle-size distribution (PSD) property of top soil under different land use types. The results indicated that there was a significant difference in the soil organic matter and total nitrogen in same soil depth between four land use types; the order ranked according to RI was same to the order ranked according to SQI in each soil depth between four land use types. The cotton field and orchard have an obviously positive effect on soil quality of the top soil, however, the soil quality of Alhagi sparsifolia SHAP land use type was gradually increasing along with the increasing soil depth. The soil properties and soil quality of Caligonum mongolicum Turcz land use type were at the lowest level according to the comparison results among all land use types, and the calculation results of PSD fractal dimension also indicated the Caligonum mongolicum Turcz land use type had the worst ability on maintaining soil fine fractions.
authors.affiliation: Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China. guidwei@163.com
authors.forename: Dong-Wei
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Gui
authors.forename: Jia-Qiang
authors.initials: JQ
authors.lastname: Lei
authors.forename: Fan-Jiang
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Gui-Jin
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Mu
authors.forename: Fa-Xiang
authors.initials: FX
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Jun-Tao
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D018556:Crops, Agricultural / Q000254:growth & development*; D017753:Ecosystem; D003368:Gossypium / Q000254:growth & development; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000032:analysis; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000032:analysis; D010316:Particle Size; D012987:Soil / Q000032:analysis*; D014197:Trees / Q000254:growth & development*
chemical_list: D009930:Organic Chemicals; D012987:Soil; D009584:Nitrogen