Pasture Management and Natural Soil Regeneration

Makeschin, Franz; Haubrich, F.; Abiy, Mengistu; Valdivieso, Juan Ignacio Burneo; Klinger, T.

doi:10.1007/978-3-540-73526-7_38

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“…Ca, K, Mg and BS values on an average are comparable to those of Makeschin et al (2008) in the same study area. All these elements and additionally Al and Fe were key elements for distinguishing between the major rock groups of the study area, which have variable magnitudes of the easily weatherable minerals muscovite/ illite, chlorite and albite according to these authors.…”

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confidence: 81%

“…Makeschin et al (2008) confirm a very high standard error for the chemical parameters under pasture and fallow stages. Our results show that on 60% of all 10.8 m Â 10.8 m plots were occupied by more than one site cluster, and site clusters showed significant differences in soil chemical properties, especially for Manganese.…”

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confidence: 54%

“…This can be explained by possible allelopathic effects of shrubs, differences in root depths and fine root density (Gerhardt and Frederikkson, 1995;Sun et al, 1995;Holl, 1998). Another reason could be the intensive C-dynamic under Setaria leading to high C contents in comparison to other land use types (Rhoades et al, 2000;Makeschin et al, 2008).…”

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confidence: 96%

“…The key elements for distinguishing the rock types are Al, K, Mg, Fe, Na, and Ca dependent from the mineral content. Makeschin et al (2008) state that forest, pasture and sites with secondary vegetation of the study area are comparable in a priori soil mineralogy. Dominant soil types in the forest are Cambisols and Histosols (Wilcke et al, 2008), those under pastures and secondary vegetation Cambisols, Podzols, Gleysols, whereby podzolisation dominates gleyic processes under pastures (Bahr, 2007).…”

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“…Frequent burning of the pastures reduces germination, growth and survival of tree seedlings (Hooper et al, 2002) and frequently leads to degraded landscapes, dominated by bracken fern Pteridium arachnoideum. The introduced pasture grass Setaria sphacelata is frequently used in our study area due to its high productivity (Rhoades et al, 2000;Makeschin et al, 2008). Both grasslands and bracken are described to be major barriers for the establishment of tree seedlings (Holl, 2002;Hartig and Beck, 2003;Griscom et al, 2008).…”

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Preliminary evaluation of the runoff processes in a remote montane cloud forest basin using Mixing Model Analysis and Mean Transit Time

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In this study, the Mean Transit Time and Mixing Model Analysis methods are combined to unravel the runoff generation process of the San Francisco River basin (73.5 km2) situated on the Amazonian side of the Cordillera Real in the southernmost Andes of Ecuador. The montane basin is covered with cloud forest, sub‐páramo, pasture and ferns. Nested sampling was applied for the collection of streamwater samples and discharge measurements in the main tributaries and outlet of the basin, and for the collection of soil and rock water samples. Weekly to biweekly water grab samples were taken at all stations in the period April 2007–November 2008. Hydrometric data, Mean Transit Time and Mixing Model Analysis allowed preliminary evaluation of the processes controlling the runoff in the San Francisco River basin. Results suggest that flow during dry conditions mainly consists of lateral flow through the C‐horizon and cracks in the top weathered bedrock layer, and that all subcatchments have an important contribution of this deep water to runoff, no matter whether pristine or deforested. During normal to low precipitation intensities, when antecedent soil moisture conditions favour water infiltration, vertical flow paths to deeper soil horizons with subsequent lateral subsurface flow contribute most to streamflow. Under wet conditions in forested catchments, streamflow is controlled by near surface lateral flow through the organic horizon. Exceptionally, saturation excess overland flow occurs. By absence of the litter layer in pasture, streamflow under wet conditions originates from the A horizon, and overland flow. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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