Impacts of changes in land use/cover on soil microbial and enzyme activities

N Moghimian, SM Hosseini, Y Kooch, BZ Darki - Catena, 2017 - Elsevier
Microbial and enzyme activities are increasingly being recognized as sensitive indicators of
soil quality. This study aims to determine the impacts of different kinds of land use/cover, ie …

Effects of tree species on topsoil properties and nitrogen cycling in natural forest and tree plantations of northern Iran

Y Kooch, F Rostayee, SM Hosseini - Catena, 2016 - Elsevier
After 15 years, the effects of Alnus subcordata (AS), Populus deltoides (PD), Taxodium
distichum (TD) plantations and a mixed natural forest dominated by Quercus castaneifolia …

The effect of vegetation change in C and N contents in litter and soil organic fractions of a Northern Iran temperate forest

Y Kooch, R Sanji, M Tabari - Catena, 2019 - Elsevier
The properties of litter and soil, which are probably influenced by vegetation traits, have an
effect on the fractions of C and N and ultimately global warming. In this study, litter and soil …

Increasing tree diversity enhances microbial and enzyme activities in temperate Iranian forests

Y Kooch, R Sanji, M Tabari - Trees, 2018 - Springer
Key message Our findings show the differential impacts of tree types (hornbeam–ironwood
natural forest and plantations of ash, maple, cypress and pine) on soil physical–chemical …

Restoration of soil multifunctional indicators requires more than thirty years in degraded shrubland of a semi-arid mountainous ecosystem

Y Kooch, F Heidari, M Gómez-Brandón… - Journal of Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Vegetation degradation in natural environments leads to considerable fluctuations in soil
function indicators, particularly in the sensitive and delicate habitats of semi-arid regions. In …

Changes of soil carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide fluxes in relation to land use/cover management

Y Kooch, N Moghimian, M Bayranvand… - Environmental monitoring …, 2016 - Springer
Conversions of land use/cover are associated with changes in soil properties and
biogeochemical cycling, with implications for carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and trace gas fluxes …

[PDF][PDF] Soil aggregate stability index and particulate organic matter in response to differently afforested lands in the temperate regions of Iran.

M Soleimany, J Eslamdoust, M Akbarinia, Y Kooch - 2021 - agriculturejournals.cz
Aggregate Stability Index (ASI) and particulate organic matter (POM) are strongly influenced
by land use and management. This work illustrates the effects of plantations on ASI and …

The effect of land covers on soil quality properties in the Hyrcanian regions of Iran.

MS Rahimabady, M Akbarinia… - Journal of BioScience & …, 2015 - search.ebscohost.com
The present study examined the effect of land covers on some of soil quality properties. For
this purpose three plantation stands (ie, Alnus subcordata L., Poplus deltoids L. and …

Restoration of degraded forest using native and exotic species: investigation on soil productivity and stand quality (case study: Chamestan, Mazandaran province).

RR Jahed, MA Fakhari, J Eslamdoust, M Fashat… - 2017 - cabidigitallibrary.org
After 20 years, the effects of five plantations of Acer velutinum Boiss., Cryptomaria japonica
D. Don., Cupressus sempervirens L. var. horizontalis (Mill.) Gord., Pinus taeda L. and mixed …

Effect of a Windstorm on Gaps Structural Characteristics in the Different Forest Stands in Darabkola Region, Mazandaran Province

M Amiri - ECOPERSIA, 2023 - ecopersia.modares.ac.ir
Aims: Natural disasters have been extensively identified as significant events shaping
vegetation structure. In recent years, natural and unforeseen disturbances in forest …