Selection and interpretation of soil quality indicators for forest recovery after clearing of a tropical montane cloud forest in Mexico

Bautista-Cruz, Angélica; Castillo, Rafael F. del; Etchevers, Jorge D.; Gutiérrez-Castorena, Ma. del Carmen; Báez-Pérez, Aurelio

doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2012.04.013

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“…Similar results were observed in a secondary forest under regeneration for 20 years (Nogueira et al, 2006). In general, the levels of soil organic carbon increase with the vegetation recovery (Jiang et al, 2009;Chodak and Niklinska, 2010;Bautista-Cruz et al, 2012), but this is generally a slow process.…”

Section: Indicators Of Soil Health In Forestry Systemssupporting

confidence: 80%

“…Thus, the removal of native plant community firstly changes microbial communities and soil fauna, and later also physical-chemical attributes like temperature, water availability, concentration of organic matter, nutrients, pH, etc. As reported by Bautista-Cruz et al (2012), in a forest recovery study after clearing in Mexico, chemical indicators like pH, plant-available P and exchangeable Al 3+ , besides O horizon thickness, changed extremely slowly, in time spans estimated at 100 yr. Biological indicators, however, are much more sensitive to detect alterations in soil health caused by land-use changes (Wink et al, 2005).…”

Section: Indicators Of Soil Health In Forestry Systemsmentioning

confidence: 63%

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Soil health: looking for suitable indicators. What should be considered to assess the effects of use and management on soil health?

Cardoso¹,

Vasconcellos²,

Bini³

et al. 2013

Sci. agric. (Piracicaba, Braz.)

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Soil Health refers to the ecological equilibrium and the functionality of a soil and its capacity to maintain a well balanced ecosystem with high biodiversity above and below surface, and productivity. To understand and use soil health as a tool for sustainability, physical, chemical, and biological properties must be employed to verify which respond to the soil use and management within a desired timescale. Attributes with a rapid response to natural or anthropogenic actions are considered good indicators of soil health. Among the physical indicators, soil texture, aggregation, moisture, porosity, and bulk density have been used, while among chemical indicators total C and N, mineral nutrients, organic matter, cation exchange capacity, among others are well established. However, most of them generally have a slow response, when compared to the biological ones, such as microbial biomass C and N, biodiversity, soil enzymes, soil respiration, etc., in addition to macro and mesofauna. Thus, a systemic approach based on different kinds of indicators (physical, chemical and biological) in assessing soil health would be safer than using only one kind of attribute. Many human activities have caused desertification, loss of biodiversity, disruption of aggregates, loss of organic matter and nutrients, among others. Today, it is imperious to maintain soil health and productivity with increasing emphasis on reforestation and recuperation of degraded areas through the use of organic amendments, reintroduction of plants, soil fauna and microorganisms. This review focused on an integrative view on indicators of soil health to be used as tools for prediction of sustainability in production systems.

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Section: Indicators Of Soil Health In Forestry Systemssupporting

confidence: 80%

Section: Indicators Of Soil Health In Forestry Systemsmentioning

confidence: 63%

Soil health: looking for suitable indicators. What should be considered to assess the effects of use and management on soil health?

Cardoso¹,

Vasconcellos²,

Bini³

et al. 2013

Sci. agric. (Piracicaba, Braz.)

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“…The results from the surface and subsurface soils showed positive factor loading contribution in PC1, which were dominated by SOM, TOC, TC, CEC and exchangeable Al and H. Exchangeable Al was in the first PC, suggesting that this cation significantly affect the soil quality in the soil ecosystem. Exchangeable Al can inhibit Ca and Mg uptake (De Wit et al, 2010), reduce fine root growth and lead to nutrient imbalances in the soils (Angelica et al, 2012). The PC2 is dominated by soil acidity which indicates positive loading factor for both depths and contribute to soil acidity throughout the plots.…”

Section: Identifying the Important Soil Properties At Rehabilitated Fmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In contrast, correlation between CEC and exchangeable Al with clay fraction showed proportional inverted relationship but not strong correlation for both parameters, indicating the clay content affects the availability of CEC and exchangeable Al. The negative charge from the clay bond with Al cations, helping to reduced exchangeable Al (Angelica et al, 2012) …”

Section: Identifying the Important Soil Properties At Rehabilitated Fmentioning

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Assessing Soil Fertility Status of Rehabilitated Degraded Tropical Rainforest

Jamaluddin

Abdu

Hamid

et al. 2013

American Journal of Environmental Sciences

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An assessment of forest rehabilitation program in relation to soil fertility status by using soil indices could provide fundamental information on soil suitability for species preferences and improve the effective technique for future rehabilitation program in tropical rainforests. This study was conducted in order to characterize the soil properties and identifying the soil fertility status of rehabilitated and secondary forests. Soil samples were collected in year 2009 at rehabilitation forests (20 years after planting) and secondary forest of Nirwana Forest Reserve, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) Bintulu Campus, Sarawak, Malaysia. The rehabilitation plots were planted with mixed dipterocarp and non-dipterocarp species since 1991. Prior to conversion of the areas into various land use types, the rehabilitation and secondary forests areas were considered as natural forests and subsequently subjected to forest logging with Selective Management System (SMS) in 1980s.The plot size for each site was 20×20 m for 18 experimental sites (at different ages after planting) were established, followed by soil sampling at 0-15 cm and 15-30 cm depth randomly using soil auger. Standard soil analysis for physical and chemical properties was used to analyze the soil samples. The soil fertility status was evaluated using two indices, namely Soil Fertility Index (SFI) and Soil Evaluation Factor (SEF) for both rehabilitated and secondary forests. The results showed that there were significant differences (p<0.05) in pH (water and KCl), exchangeable Mg, Na, Al and ammonium and granule composition (clay, silt and sand) between depths. The PCA result of 70% total variability (OM, TOC, TC and CEC) score in PC1 shows positive relationship, explaining nutrients in the soil stored in the organic matter in the surface soils. The correlation analysis indicated that there were positive relationship (p<0.05) between OM and TC, CEC and exchangeable Al for surface soils. We found that the selected physico-chemical properties had a significant differences based on the age of planting of rehabilitated forests. For subsurface soils, correlation between exchangeable Al and OM and CEC shows strong positive relationship, indicating that negative charge derived from organic materials plays important roles for cation retention capacity. The SFI and SEF for rehabilitation forests showed higher value as compared to secondary forests, indicating forest rehabilitation had improved the soil fertility status of degraded forestland. In conclusion, both rehabilitated and secondary forests have significant differences based on the selected physical and chemical properties. Moreover, the soil fertility status at rehabilitated plots was higher than secondary forest, which is proved that the forest rehabilitation technique is a suitable planting technique for rehabilitating and replenishing soil fertility status of abandoned degraded shifting cultivation land.

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“…Soil degradation is a serious threat for the future of humanity. Scientists, therefore, face a double challenge in preserving and increasing soil quality to safeguard human survival (Bautista-Cruz et al, 2004;Dasand Varma, 2011). Soil quality is defined as the specific ability of soil to function in a natural or man-made ecosystem according to three main roles: 1) to promote system productivity without losing physical, chemical, and/or biological properties (sustainable biological productivity), 2) to mitigate environmental contamination and pathogens (environmental quality), and 3) to promote plant, animal, and human health (Doran and Parkin, 1994).…”

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confidence: 99%

Enzymatic activities of potato crop soils subjected to conventional management and grassland soils

Avellaneda-Torres

Melgarejo

Narváez‐Cuenca

et al. 2013

J. Soil Sci. Plant Nutr.

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The effect of soil management on the activities of urease, phosphodiesterase, arylsulphatase, and β-glucosidase in soil samples from three municipalities in the Cundinamarca department of Colombia,Tausa (T), Villapinzón (V), and Zipaquirá (Z), was evaluated in this study. Two types of samples were taken in each municipality: 1) soils with a history of potato (Solanum tuberosum) farming using conventional soil managementand agrochemical application (P) and 2) grassland soils that had not been treated with agrochemicals (G). The urease activity for T, V, and Z was higher int he G samples. The phosphodiesterase and arylsulphatase activities for T and V were greater in the G samples, while the β-glucosidase activity for T and Z was greater in the P samples. The phosphodiesterase and β-glucosidase activities for T were lower than for the other two municipalities, indicating a possible effect of the site on these enzymatic activities. The differences in the enzymatic activities among the samples indicate an important effect of soil use and management on the soil's biochemical properties.

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Selection and interpretation of soil quality indicators for forest recovery after clearing of a tropical montane cloud forest in Mexico

Cited by 36 publications

References 33 publications

Soil health: looking for suitable indicators. What should be considered to assess the effects of use and management on soil health?

Soil health: looking for suitable indicators. What should be considered to assess the effects of use and management on soil health?

Assessing Soil Fertility Status of Rehabilitated Degraded Tropical Rainforest

Enzymatic activities of potato crop soils subjected to conventional management and grassland soils

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