Degradation of Riparian Forest Affects Soil Properties and Ecosystem Services Provision in Eastern Amazon of Brazil

Celentano, Danielle; Rousseau, Guillaume Xavier; Engel, Vera Lex; Zelarayán, Marcelo Luís Corrêa; Oliveira, Elivaldo C.; Araujo, Ana Carolina M.; Moura, Emanoel Gomes de

doi:10.1002/ldr.2547

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“…Our results showed that soil properties such as soil saline-alkali affected the herb layer, which contributed greatly to community coverage and species richness. Some studies have reported that soil has greater porosity and water holding capacity due to the well plant community structure [14,52]. These results indicated that vegetation might affect soil nutrition and water availability by complex interactions between the above-and belowground interface.…”

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Groundwater Depth and Soil Properties Are Associated with Variation in Vegetation of a Desert Riparian Ecosystem in an Arid Area of China

Zhang

Guan

Zhou

et al. 2018

Forests

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Abstract:Groundwater is a major driving force for plant community distribution in arid areas worldwide. Although it is well known that groundwater has a significant impact on soil and vegetation, there is little information on how groundwater depth affects soil and vegetation in an arid inland basin desert riparian ecosystem. Therefore, quantitative analysis of the relationships among groundwater depth, soil properties and plant community distribution is necessary. A desert riparian ecosystem in the lower reaches of the Heihe River in an arid area of Northwest China was used to determine quantitative relationships among groundwater depth, soil and vegetation. Groundwater depth significantly increased with increased distance from the river. Soil and vegetation characteristics showed a significant trend with increasing groundwater depth. With increasing groundwater depth, soil water content, soil total nitrogen, soil total carbon, soil available phosphorus and soil available potassium decreased, while the soil bulk density and soil carbon:nitrogen (C:N) ratio increased. Soil pH and soil electrical conductivity followed quadratic function relationships with groundwater depth. Species richness, aboveground biomass, community coverage, community height, foliage projective cover and leaf area index all significantly decreased with increased groundwater depth. Groundwater depth and soil were associated with vegetation variance, explaining 85.8% of the vegetation variance. Groundwater depth was more important in explaining vegetation variance than soil properties (soil bulk density) and soil pH. Our observations indicate that changes in groundwater depth would have a significant influence on desert riparian forest vegetation, and that maintaining appropriate groundwater depth is necessary to preserve the riparian ecosystem.

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Section: Relationships Among Soil Vegetation and Groundwatermentioning

confidence: 95%

Groundwater Depth and Soil Properties Are Associated with Variation in Vegetation of a Desert Riparian Ecosystem in an Arid Area of China

Zhang

Guan

Zhou

et al. 2018

Forests

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“…The relative importance of these factors depends on climate, soil, and vegetation conditions (L. Zhang et al, 2001). Under grazing livestock and agriculture, the hydrologic properties of soils also change (Celentano et al, 2016;Correa & Reichardt, 1995;Scheffler et al, 2011;Zimmermman et al, 2006) and can potentially modify the flow path into the soil, depending on the soil characteristics (Nepstad et al, 1994;Chaves et al, 2007;De Moraes et al, 2006). In recent reviews, M. Zhang et al (2017) concluded that the resulting increase in annual runoff associated with forest cover loss was statistically significant at multiple spatial scales.…”

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Opposite Effects of Climate and Land Use Changes on the Annual Water Balance in the Amazon Arc of Deforestation

Cavalcante

Pontes

Souza-Filho

et al. 2019

Water Resources Research

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The hydrological effects of forest cover loss are difficult to discern in the case of large‐scale basins with gradual changes and difficult to isolate when climate variability is also present. In the present study, we evaluated the effects of climate variability and human activity on the annual streamflow in a basin in the Amazon arc of deforestation. We statistically analyzed the components of the annual water balance and monthly streamflow and used the currently used Tomer‐Schilling, elasticity, and decomposition of Budyko‐type curve methods to separate climate‐induced changes and anthropogenic effects. Annual series of the monthly maximum and minimum streamflow, total streamflow, and total reference evapotranspiration presented statistically significant increasing trends. No significant trend was observed for precipitation. The greatest change in the average annual runoff coefficient was observed between the first (1973–1984) and second (1985–1994) analyzed periods. Even with the continuous reduction in the forested area, the third (1994–2004) and fourth analyzed periods (2003–2016) showed only relatively small changes, most likely due to the intensity of slash‐and‐burn activities and vegetation regrowth. The methods showed that deforestation was the primary cause of the streamflow changes, but with different intensities, and a small recuperation was observed in the last analyzed period. On average, the annual water yield would increase between 26% and 58% after the first time interval without the opposite effect of climate variability, which must be considered in basin management. Future research should focus on analyzing the water storage and the dependence of the precipitation‐runoff relationship from the climate.

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“…To understand the hydrological cycle and ecosystem services, it is necessary to quantify the role of vegetation in partitioning rainfall resulting in water balance at pedon, slope and watershed scale, and correspondingly the runoff, sediment, nutrients, contaminants and even biota redistribution (Buendia et al, 2016;Cao et al, 2008;Celentano et al, 2016;Cox et al, 2006;Davudirad et al, 2016;Gabarrón-Galeote et al, 2013;García-Fayos et al, 2010;Hosseini et al, 2016;Keesstra et al, 2009;Keesstra et al, 2012;Lal, 1997;Novara et al, 2013;Pereira et al, 2013;Sadeghi et al, 2015;Yousefi et al, 2016;Vega et al, 2005). Improving our understanding about rainfall partitioning in forests ecosystems is very important for studies that focus on forest hydrology to better management and decision making on this vital ecosystems (Ajami et al, 2011;Brecciaroli et al, 2012;Davudirad et al, 2015;Dohnal et al, 2014;Frot et al, 2007;Holko et al, 2009;Xu et al, 2014).…”

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Spatio-temporal variation of throughfall in a hyrcanian plain forest stand in Northern Iran

Yousefi

Sadeghi

Mirzaee

et al. 2017

Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics

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Elucidating segregation of precipitation in different components in forest stands is important for proper forest ecosystems management. However, there is a lack of information on important rainfall components viz. throughfall, interception and stemflow in forest watersheds particularly in developing countries. We therefore investigated the spatiotemporal variation of important component of throughfall for a forest stand in a Hyrcanian plain forest in Noor City, northern Iran. The study area contained five species of Quercus castaneifolia, Carpinus betulus, Populus caspica and Parrotia persica. The research was conducted from July 2013 to July 2014 using a systematic sampling method. Ninetysix throughfall collectors were installed in a 3.5 m × 3.5 m grid cells. The canopy covers during the growing/leaf-on (i.e., from May to November) and non-growing/leaf-off (i.e., from December to March) seasons were approximately 41% and 81%, respectively. The mean cumulative throughfall during the study period was 623±31 mm. The average throughfall (TF) as % of rainfall (TFPR) during leaf-on and leaf-off periods were calculated 56±14% and 77±10%, respectively. TF was significantly (R 2 = 0.97, p = 0.00006) correlated with gross precipitation. Percent of canopy cover was not correlated with TF except when gross precipitation was <30 mm. A comparison between leaf-off and leaf-on conditions indicated a significantly higher TFPR and corresponding hotspots during leaf-on period. TFPR also differed between seasons with a maximum amount in winter (82%). The results of the study can be effectively used by forest watershed managers for better perception of hydrological behavior of the Hyrcanian forest in the north of Iran under different silvicultural circumstances leading to getting better ecosystem services.

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Degradation of Riparian Forest Affects Soil Properties and Ecosystem Services Provision in Eastern Amazon of Brazil

Cited by 67 publications

References 44 publications

Groundwater Depth and Soil Properties Are Associated with Variation in Vegetation of a Desert Riparian Ecosystem in an Arid Area of China

Groundwater Depth and Soil Properties Are Associated with Variation in Vegetation of a Desert Riparian Ecosystem in an Arid Area of China

Opposite Effects of Climate and Land Use Changes on the Annual Water Balance in the Amazon Arc of Deforestation

Spatio-temporal variation of throughfall in a hyrcanian plain forest stand in Northern Iran

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