Physical properties of soil in Pine elliottii and Eucalyptus cloeziana plantations in the Vhembe biosphere,Limpopo Province of South Africa

作     者：Vukeya Emment Ntshuxeko Sheunesu Ruwanza Vukeya Emment Ntshuxeko;Sheunesu Ruwanza

作者机构：Department of Ecology and Resource ManagementUniversity of VendaPrivate Bag X5050Thohoyandou 0950South Africa Centre for Invasion BiologyDepartment of Ecology and Resource ManagementUniversity of VendaPrivate Bag X5050Thohoyandou 0950South Africa 

出 版 物：《Journal of Forestry Research》 (林业研究（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2020年第31卷第2期

页      面：625-635页

核心收录：

学科分类：0830[工学-环境科学与工程（可授工学、理学、农学学位）] 0907[农学-林学] 0829[工学-林业工程] 09[农学] 0903[农学-农业资源与环境] 0901[农学-作物学] 090301[农学-土壤学] 

基　　金：funded by the University of Venda under the research and development directorate 

主　　题：Litter Biomass Hydrophobicity Invasive alien trees Soil water repellency 

摘      要：Plantation establishment using invasive alien plants is common in South Africa,but the effects of these plants on soil physical properties in the Vhembe biosphere is *** this comparative study,soils underneath Pinus elliottii and Eucalyptus cloeziana were assessed for differences in physical properties compared to soils underneath adjacent natural sites in the Entabeni plantation in the Vhembe biosphere in Limpopo Province,South *** were collected from topsoil over 3 months and quantified for gravimetric soil moisture,penetration resistance,soil infiltration,hydraulic conductivity and soil water *** all 3 months,soils from both *** and *** plantations were compact and had low penetration resistance compared to soils from adjacent natural *** infiltration and hydraulic conductivity were significantly(p\0.05)lower in soils from plantations compared to soils from adjacent natural sites,and more so from the *** plantation than from *** water repellency was observed in soils from *** only in May and *** from the invasive alien tree plantation have decreased soil moisture,infiltration rate,hydraulic conductivity and are compact as well as repellent(only ***),all poor soil physical ***,this decline in soil physical properties was not uniform between the two invasive alien plantation species;hence we cannot generalize about the effects of invasive alien plantation species on soil physical properties,and further research is required across different ecological regions.