Effects of land use on some structural properties of an Ultisol in south-eastern Nigeria

Abstract

Four land use practices were investigated for their differences in soil structural properties. The land use types are native forest,grassland,oilpalm/coco yam and arable land. Structuralparametersasbulkdensity,totalporosity,water stable aggregates (WSA)> 0.25 mm, volumetric moisture content at field capacity (FC) and organic matter content .Structural properties which are affected by land use are total porosity, bulk density ,and organic matter