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	Quality Estimation of the Western Algeria Forest Soils
	Zouidi, M.; Borsali, A. H.; Allam, A.; Gros, R.
通讯作者	Zouidi, M
来源期刊	MALAYSIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE
ISSN	1394-7990
出版年	2019
卷号	23 页码:87-98
英文摘要	In recent years, there has been significant regression of the Aleppo pine forest massif in the semi-arid areas of Algeria which is the last barrier against desertification. Several studies on the effects of climate and anthropogenic practices have been undertaken to identify the limiting factors but no study in the region deals with the effects of soil properties. In this work, we studied the quality of soils in a pine forest of Aleppo, Western Algeria by comparing their physico-chemical and biological parameters in order to characterise these soils and to identify the main limiting and degrading factors of their quality. The results of this study showed that the forest soils in this area were alkaline but not salty with a presence of limestone. They had a balanced texture homogeneous moisture with the colour varying from reddish brown to reddish maroon. The C/N ratio was moderately low indicating that these soils release some nitrogen despite being rich in organic matter. Microbial activity in these soils was moderately low as a function of nitrogen availability to ensure good carbon mineralisation. This study has shown that the soils of Aleppo pine forests in semi-arid zones are fragile and generally characterised by heterogeneous properties that are very sensitive to the influence of environmental factors (climate and human). This may result in the deterioration of physico-chemical and biological quality of the soils over a longterm consequently changing them into arid soils.
英文关键词	Soil properties Aleppo pine quality degradation forest semiarid
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	ESCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000484723400007
WOS关键词	BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOTS
WOS类目	Soil Science
WOS研究方向	Agriculture
来源机构	French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/333790
作者单位	[Zouidi, M.; Borsali, A. H.; Allam, A.] Univ Dr Moulay Tahar, Water Resources & Environm Lab, Dept Biol, Fac Sci, Saida 20000, Algeria; [Gros, R.] Aix Marseille Univ, Mediterranean Inst Biodivers & Ecol, Team Vulnerabil Microbial Syst, Fac Sci & Tech St Jerome,UMR CNRS IRD 7263,Serv, F-13397 Marseille 20, France
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zouidi, M.,Borsali, A. H.,Allam, A.,et al. Quality Estimation of the Western Algeria Forest Soils[J]. French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development,2019,23:87-98.
APA	Zouidi, M.,Borsali, A. H.,Allam, A.,&Gros, R..(2019).Quality Estimation of the Western Algeria Forest Soils.MALAYSIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE,23,87-98.
MLA	Zouidi, M.,et al."Quality Estimation of the Western Algeria Forest Soils".MALAYSIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE 23(2019):87-98.