Spatiotemporal variations in the soil quality of agricultural land and its drivers in China from 1980 to 2018

Y Li, J Ma, Y Li, Q Jia, X Shen, X Xia - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Soil quality is essential for maintaining the sustainability of agroecosystems, especially
under intensified agricultural activities and rapid land use change. The sampling and …

Spatiotemporal patterns of cultivated land quality integrated with multi-source remote sensing: A case study of Guangzhou, China

D Duan, X Sun, S Liang, J Sun, L Fan, H Chen, L Xia… - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Scientifically revealing the spatiotemporal patterns of cultivated land quality (CLQ) is crucial
for increasing food production and achieving United Nations Sustainable Development Goal …

Soil quality in relation to agricultural production in the North China Plain

XIA Min, Z Bingzi, HAO Xiying, J Zhang - Pedosphere, 2015 - Elsevier
Sustainable agricultural production is of vital importance to food supply security. This study
aimed to investigate crop yield response to spatial variability of soil quality at a county scale …

Assessment and analysis of soil quality changes after eleven years of reclamation in subtropical China

X Wang, Z Gong - Geoderma, 1998 - Elsevier
Soil quality is one of the most important factors in sustaining the global biosphere and
developing sustainable agricultural practices. It has been defined in several different ways in …

Soil quality assessment of cropland in China and its relationships with climate and topography

T Li, L Li, X Chen, S Zhang, H Wang… - Land Degradation & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Assessing soil quality (SQ) of cropland is fundamental for food security and sustainable land
management. However, there is limited information regarding SQ assessment on a national …

Evaluation of soil quality in major grain-producing region of the North China Plain: Integrating minimum data set and established critical limits

K Tian, B Zhang, H Zhang, B Huang, JL Darilek… - Ecological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Understanding of the nexus between soil quality (SQ) and productivity, the heterogeneity of
SQ and the restricting indicators that affect crop productivity is essential for a specific region …

Characterizing the changing environment of cropland in the Songnen Plain, Northeast China, from 1990 to 2015

Y Zhang, S Zang, L Sun, B Yan, T Yang, W Yan… - Journal of Geographical …, 2019 - Springer
Quantitative characterization of environmental characteristics of cropland (ECC) plays an
important role in maintaining sustainable development of agricultural systems and ensuring …

Spatiotemporal changes in cropland soil organic carbon in a rapidly urbanizing area of southeastern China from 1980 to 2015

E Xie, X Zhang, F Lu, Y Peng… - Land Degradation & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the spatiotemporal changes in soil organic carbon (SOC) and their driving
factors is an important prerequisite in decision‐making for maintaining sustainable …

Using soil survey database to assess soil quality in the heterogeneous Taihang Mountains, North China

S Geng, P Shi, N Zong, W Zhu - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
Soil quality evaluation is an effective pathway to understanding the status of soil function
and ecosystem productivity. Numerous studies have been made in managed ecosystems …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive, locally adapted soil quality indexing under different land uses in a typical watershed of the eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

X Zhao, M Tong, Y He, X Han, L Wang - Ecological Indicators, 2021 - Elsevier
Modern human activities have resulted in the indiscriminate exploitation of land resources,
which has exerted increasingly negative influences on soil quality. Critically, these effects …