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DOI	10.1038/s41598-018-35808-3
	Human causes of soil loss in rural karst environments: a case study of Guizhou, China
	Zhao, Longshan; Hou, Rui
通讯作者	Zhao, Longshan
来源期刊	SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
ISSN	2045-2322
出版年	2019
卷号	9
英文摘要	Rocky desertification induced by soil loss is a serious ecological problem in karst mountain areas. Lack of awareness in the local population of the need for soil conservation has led to intense human disturbance that has accelerated soil loss and in turn caused a high proportion of land in rural environments to undergo rocky desertification. In this review, we discuss five human-related causes that have accelerated soil loss in the rural karst mountainous areas of Guizhou Province, southwestern China. These causes include road erosion, house construction, steep slope cultivation, tourism development, and animal trampling. These activities destroy surface vegetation and increase the potential for soil loss through exposed swallow holes (karst fissures). In addition to the national development strategy of rural revitalization and countryside beautification already implemented in the western region, the human impacts on the rural environment must be addressed. We discuss some effective measures the government should adopt to control the various types of soil loss due to human activities. Our review and findings provide a better understanding of anthropogenic soil loss in karst rural environments and present information to raise people's awareness of measures that are needed to protect the soil resources in this region.
类型	Article
语种	英语
国家	Peoples R China
开放获取类型	Green Published, gold
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000459983900031
WOS关键词	ROCKY-DESERTIFICATION ; EROSION ; WATER ; PROVINCE ; REGION ; RUNOFF ; IMPACT ; LAND
WOS类目	Multidisciplinary Sciences
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/218759
作者单位	Guizhou Univ, Coll Forestry, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zhao, Longshan,Hou, Rui. Human causes of soil loss in rural karst environments: a case study of Guizhou, China[J],2019,9.
APA	Zhao, Longshan,&Hou, Rui.(2019).Human causes of soil loss in rural karst environments: a case study of Guizhou, China.SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,9.
MLA	Zhao, Longshan,et al."Human causes of soil loss in rural karst environments: a case study of Guizhou, China".SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 9(2019).