From shifting cultivation to teak plantation: effect on overland flow and sediment yield in a montane tropical catchment

Soil erosion supplies large quantities of sediments to rivers of Southeastern Asia. It reduces soil fertility of agro-ecosystems located on hillslopes, and it degrades, downstream, water resource quality and leads to the siltation of reservoirs. An increase in the surface area covered with commercia...

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Main Authors: Ribolzi, Olivier, Evrard, O., Huon, S., Rouw, Anneke de, Silvera, N., Latsachack, K.O., Soulileuth, B., Lefevre, I., Pierret, A., Lacombe, Guillaume, Sengtaheuanghoung, Oloth, Valentin, Christian
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Springer 2016
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/83470
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author Ribolzi, Olivier
Evrard, O.
Huon, S.
Rouw, Anneke de
Silvera, N.
Latsachack, K.O.
Soulileuth, B.
Lefevre, I.
Pierret, A.
Lacombe, Guillaume
Sengtaheuanghoung, Oloth
Valentin, Christian
author_browse Evrard, O.
Huon, S.
Lacombe, Guillaume
Latsachack, K.O.
Lefevre, I.
Pierret, A.
Ribolzi, Olivier
Rouw, Anneke de
Sengtaheuanghoung, Oloth
Silvera, N.
Soulileuth, B.
Valentin, Christian
author_facet Ribolzi, Olivier
Evrard, O.
Huon, S.
Rouw, Anneke de
Silvera, N.
Latsachack, K.O.
Soulileuth, B.
Lefevre, I.
Pierret, A.
Lacombe, Guillaume
Sengtaheuanghoung, Oloth
Valentin, Christian
author_sort Ribolzi, Olivier
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description Soil erosion supplies large quantities of sediments to rivers of Southeastern Asia. It reduces soil fertility of agro-ecosystems located on hillslopes, and it degrades, downstream, water resource quality and leads to the siltation of reservoirs. An increase in the surface area covered with commercial perennial monocultures such as teak plantations is currently observed at the expanse of traditional slash-andburn cultivation systems in steep montane environments of these regions. The impacts of land-use change on the hydrological response and sediment yields have been investigated in a representative catchment of Laos monitored for 13 years. After the gradual conversion of rice-based shifting cultivation to teak plantation-based systems, overland flow contribution to stream flow increased from 16 to 31% and sediment yield raised from 98 to 609 Mg km-2. This result is explained by the higher kinetic energy of raindrops falling from the canopy, the virtual absence of understorey vegetation cover to dissipate drop energy and the formation of an impermeable surface crust accelerating the formation and concentration of overland flow. The 25-to-50% lower 137Cs activities measured in soils collected under mature teak plantations compared to soils under other land uses illustrate the severity of soil erosion processes occurring in teak plantations.
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spelling CGSpace834702025-03-11T09:50:20Z From shifting cultivation to teak plantation: effect on overland flow and sediment yield in a montane tropical catchment Ribolzi, Olivier Evrard, O. Huon, S. Rouw, Anneke de Silvera, N. Latsachack, K.O. Soulileuth, B. Lefevre, I. Pierret, A. Lacombe, Guillaume Sengtaheuanghoung, Oloth Valentin, Christian teak plantations sediment shifting cultivation overland flow erosion slopes land use land management flow rate vegetation catchment areas rainfall-runoff relationships infiltration soil sampling Soil erosion supplies large quantities of sediments to rivers of Southeastern Asia. It reduces soil fertility of agro-ecosystems located on hillslopes, and it degrades, downstream, water resource quality and leads to the siltation of reservoirs. An increase in the surface area covered with commercial perennial monocultures such as teak plantations is currently observed at the expanse of traditional slash-andburn cultivation systems in steep montane environments of these regions. The impacts of land-use change on the hydrological response and sediment yields have been investigated in a representative catchment of Laos monitored for 13 years. After the gradual conversion of rice-based shifting cultivation to teak plantation-based systems, overland flow contribution to stream flow increased from 16 to 31% and sediment yield raised from 98 to 609 Mg km-2. This result is explained by the higher kinetic energy of raindrops falling from the canopy, the virtual absence of understorey vegetation cover to dissipate drop energy and the formation of an impermeable surface crust accelerating the formation and concentration of overland flow. The 25-to-50% lower 137Cs activities measured in soils collected under mature teak plantations compared to soils under other land uses illustrate the severity of soil erosion processes occurring in teak plantations. 2016 2017-09-12T09:34:00Z 2017-09-12T09:34:00Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/83470 en Open Access Springer Ribolzi, O.; Evrard, O.; Huon, S.; de Rouw, A.; Silvera, N.; Latsachack, K. O.; Soulileuth, B.; Lefevre, I.; Pierret, A.; Lacombe, Guillaume; Sengtaheuanghoung, O.; Valentin, C. 2016. From shifting cultivation to teak plantation: effect on overland flow and sediment yield in a montane tropical catchment. Scientific Reports, 12p. (Online first). doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-04385-2
spellingShingle teak
plantations
sediment
shifting cultivation
overland flow
erosion
slopes
land use
land management
flow rate
vegetation
catchment areas
rainfall-runoff relationships
infiltration
soil sampling
Ribolzi, Olivier
Evrard, O.
Huon, S.
Rouw, Anneke de
Silvera, N.
Latsachack, K.O.
Soulileuth, B.
Lefevre, I.
Pierret, A.
Lacombe, Guillaume
Sengtaheuanghoung, Oloth
Valentin, Christian
From shifting cultivation to teak plantation: effect on overland flow and sediment yield in a montane tropical catchment
title From shifting cultivation to teak plantation: effect on overland flow and sediment yield in a montane tropical catchment
title_full From shifting cultivation to teak plantation: effect on overland flow and sediment yield in a montane tropical catchment
title_fullStr From shifting cultivation to teak plantation: effect on overland flow and sediment yield in a montane tropical catchment
title_full_unstemmed From shifting cultivation to teak plantation: effect on overland flow and sediment yield in a montane tropical catchment
title_short From shifting cultivation to teak plantation: effect on overland flow and sediment yield in a montane tropical catchment
title_sort from shifting cultivation to teak plantation effect on overland flow and sediment yield in a montane tropical catchment
topic teak
plantations
sediment
shifting cultivation
overland flow
erosion
slopes
land use
land management
flow rate
vegetation
catchment areas
rainfall-runoff relationships
infiltration
soil sampling
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/83470
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