Assessment of the sustainability of land use systems through sensitive indicators of soil quality and biophysical properties in temperate ecosystem

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

• Roheela Ahmad ¹
• Aamir Hassan ¹
• Tahir Sheikh ²
• Meer Shakil ³
• Rifat-Un Nisa ⁴
• Omar A Alkilayh ⁵
• Basharat Hamid ⁶
• Zahoor Baba ⁶
• R Z Sayyed ⁷

¹ Division of Soil Science and Soil Chemistry, FoA, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology Kashmir-Wadura, Sopore, 193201, India

² Division of Agronomy, FoA, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology Kashmir-Wadura, Sopore, 193201, India; tahirkmr@gmail.com

³ Division of Soil Science and Soil Chemistry, FoA, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology Kashmir-Wadura, Sopore, 193201, India;

⁴ Division of Agronomy, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology Kashmir-Wadura, Sopore, 193201, India;

⁵ Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture and Food, Qassim University, Buraydah 51452, Saudi Arabia

⁶ Division of Basic Science, FoA, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology Kashmir-Wadura, Sopore, 193201, India;

⁷ INTI international University, Malaysia

Abstract

Keywords

• Land uses
• Biophysical properties
• Soil-quality index
• Temperate ecosystem

Main Subjects

• Digital Soil Mapping, soil evaluation and land use change