International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Soil Organic Carbon and Nitrogen Status in Peri-urban Landscape
Abstract
Soil organic carbon (SOC) and nitrogen (N) are imperative to soil quality and are greatly influenced by the dynamic land use patterns in urbanizing peri-urban landscapes. The present study assessed the status of SOC and total N (TN) in 45 land parcels from five land use types in the peri-urban landscape of the Ghaziabad district. Our result showed the average SOC and TN concentration ranged from 0.17 to 5.49% and 0.006 to 0.36%, respectively. Overall, SOC, TN and C:N ratio showed wide spatial variability across the sites and land use types indicating their heterogeneous distribution pattern in the study area.
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