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Study of modern pasture landscapes in subtropical zones of the Azerbaijan Republic Maharram, Sultan Huseynova; Jafar, Shalala Salimova; Israphil, Gunay Mammadova; Musa, Ali Jafarov; Allahverdi, Turkan Hasanova; Ikhtiyar, Anara Nasirova; Nazim, Roza Mammadova; Ali, Ramil Sadigov; Gudrat, Vusala Isagova; Novruz, Lala Bunyatova
Environmental Pollution Journal Vol. 5 No. 2: Juli 2025
Publisher : ECOTON: Ecological Observation and Wetlands Conservation

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.58954/epj.v5i2.310

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The article shows climate data, soil moisture, humus and nitrogen content and other key indicators of the area (2022-2024). In this study we compare changes in the physicochemical properties of soils, the erosion factor, and humus and nitrogen reserves in natural ecosystems. The study of the variable importance of some soil parameters of forest ecosystems is considered relevant for Azerbaijani scientists. The highest erosion index was found in cultivated lands (0.270) and the lowest in protected forests (0.210). The results of this study showed that firewood cutting in natural forests, together with overgrazing, and forest to cultivated land conversion have caused significant soil degradation in the semi-arid region of Lerik. Overgrazing and exploitation of forest stands in natural forests, as well as the replacement of forests with cultivated lands, have significantly increased the density of sand (by 10.3-60.5%) and bulk density (4.1-7.16%), and have also significantly reduced the content of silt (2.34-8.56%), clay (2.36-10.5%), K (35.68-49.63%), P (15.58-29.38%), N (23.2-55.6%), and C (23.3-52.6%). There is little and rather contradictory information on the impact of grazing on soil properties. Research aimed at improving the use of pastures for grazing livestock in subtropical regions. No reliable changes in yield were found either at low grazing intensity (1/5, 1/10, 2/5) or at acceptable load levels (1/15, 2/10, 3/5) (13.7-14.6 t/ha). Grazing options 2/15, 3/10, 3/15 are excessive, leading to a decrease in yield by 0.43-3.07 t/ha, or 3.26-23.66%.
Taxonomic attribution of the haplic gleysols of the Azerbaijan Republic in world reference base for soil resources Maharram, Sultan Huseynova; Ismayil, Amin Ismayilov; Pirverdi, Maharram Babayev; Musa, Ali Jafarov
International Journal of Advances in Applied Sciences Vol 13, No 1: March 2024
Publisher : Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.11591/ijaas.v13.i1.pp116-122

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The aim of the research was to obtain new information about the genesis, status, diagnostic features, and properties of the meadow-boggy soils of the Azerbaijan Republic and to perform the taxonomic attribution of those soils in accordance with the international soil classification system in compliance with the world reference base (WRB) for soil resources. Field experiments, physical, and chemical analyses of soil samples were carried out by standard methods. The morphological properties of the meadow-boggy soils in the Greater Caucasus and Lankaran regions of Azerbaijan have been characterized. Carbonate sediments are almost always invisible in the upper layers (13.27-17.14% (No 426); 10.46-27.39% (No 5); 0.87-1.33% (No 55)). According to the humus content, they are not highly humic (1.44-1.85% (No 426); 0.90-1.58% (No 5); 3.10-3.29% (No 55) in the upper layers). The magnitude of the reaction of the soil solution varies from 8.0 to 8.5. For the first time, an attempt is made to determine the name of meadow-boggy soils in accordance with the international soil classification in compliance with the WRB 2015. The above soils are assigned to the gleysols reference soil group (RSG) with various principal and supplementary qualifiers.