Soil resistance and recovery during neotropical forest succession
The recovery of soil conditions is crucial for successful ecosystem restoration and, hence, for achieving the goals of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. Here, we assess how soils resist forest conversion and agricultural land use, and how soils recover during subsequent tropical forest success...
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| author | van der Sander, Masha T Powers, Jennifer S Norden, Natalia Salgado Negret, Beatriz Bongers, Frans Delgado, Diego Dent, Daisy H Dupuy, Juan Manuel Finegan, Bryan Jakovac, Catarina C Meave, Jorge A Muñoz, Rodrigo Piotto, Daniel Cáceres Siani, Yasmani Sanchez Azofeifa, G. Arturo Poorter, Lourens y 15 autores más |
| author_browse | Bongers, Frans Cáceres Siani, Yasmani Delgado, Diego Dent, Daisy H Dupuy, Juan Manuel Finegan, Bryan Jakovac, Catarina C Meave, Jorge A Muñoz, Rodrigo Norden, Natalia Piotto, Daniel Poorter, Lourens Powers, Jennifer S Salgado Negret, Beatriz Sanchez Azofeifa, G. Arturo van der Sander, Masha T y 15 autores más |
| author_facet | van der Sander, Masha T Powers, Jennifer S Norden, Natalia Salgado Negret, Beatriz Bongers, Frans Delgado, Diego Dent, Daisy H Dupuy, Juan Manuel Finegan, Bryan Jakovac, Catarina C Meave, Jorge A Muñoz, Rodrigo Piotto, Daniel Cáceres Siani, Yasmani Sanchez Azofeifa, G. Arturo Poorter, Lourens y 15 autores más |
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| description | The recovery of soil conditions is crucial for successful ecosystem restoration and, hence, for achieving the goals of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. Here, we assess how soils resist forest conversion and agricultural land use, and how soils recover during subsequent tropical forest succession on abandoned agricultural fields. Our overarching question is how soil resistance and recovery depend on local conditions such as climate, soil type and land-use history. For 300 plots in 21 sites across the Neotropics, we used a chronosequence approach in which we sampled soils from two depths in old-growth forests, agricultural fields (i.e. crop fields and pastures), and secondary forests that differ in age (1–95 years) since abandonment. We measured six soil properties using a standardized sampling design and laboratory analyses. Soil resistance strongly depended on local conditions. Croplands and sites on high-activity clay (i.e. high fertility) show strong increases in bulk density and decreases in pH, carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) during deforestation and subsequent agricultural use. Resistance is lower in such sites probably because of a sharp decline in fine root biomass in croplands in the upper soil layers, and a decline in litter input from formerly productive old-growth forest (on high-activity clays). Soil recovery also strongly depended on local conditions. During forest succession, high-activity clays and croplands decreased most strongly in bulk density and increased in C and N, possibly because of strongly compacted soils with low C and N after cropland abandonment, and because of rapid vegetation recovery in high-activity clays leading to greater fine root growth and litter input. Furthermore, sites at low precipitation decreased in pH, whereas sites at high precipitation increased in N and decreased in C : N ratio. Extractable phosphorus (P) did not recover during succession, suggesting increased P limitation as forests age. These results indicate that no single solution exists for effective soil restoration and that local site conditions should determine the restoration strategies. |
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| spelling | RepoCATIE121472022-11-23T16:12:33Z Soil resistance and recovery during neotropical forest succession van der Sander, Masha T Powers, Jennifer S Norden, Natalia Salgado Negret, Beatriz Bongers, Frans Delgado, Diego Dent, Daisy H Dupuy, Juan Manuel Finegan, Bryan Jakovac, Catarina C Meave, Jorge A Muñoz, Rodrigo Piotto, Daniel Cáceres Siani, Yasmani Sanchez Azofeifa, G. Arturo Poorter, Lourens y 15 autores más PH CARBONO CARBON FOSFORO PHOSPHORUS RESILIENCIA RESILIENCE NITROGENO NITROGEN DENSIDAD DENSITY DENSIDAD A GRANEL BULK DENSITY Sede Central The recovery of soil conditions is crucial for successful ecosystem restoration and, hence, for achieving the goals of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. Here, we assess how soils resist forest conversion and agricultural land use, and how soils recover during subsequent tropical forest succession on abandoned agricultural fields. Our overarching question is how soil resistance and recovery depend on local conditions such as climate, soil type and land-use history. For 300 plots in 21 sites across the Neotropics, we used a chronosequence approach in which we sampled soils from two depths in old-growth forests, agricultural fields (i.e. crop fields and pastures), and secondary forests that differ in age (1–95 years) since abandonment. We measured six soil properties using a standardized sampling design and laboratory analyses. Soil resistance strongly depended on local conditions. Croplands and sites on high-activity clay (i.e. high fertility) show strong increases in bulk density and decreases in pH, carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) during deforestation and subsequent agricultural use. Resistance is lower in such sites probably because of a sharp decline in fine root biomass in croplands in the upper soil layers, and a decline in litter input from formerly productive old-growth forest (on high-activity clays). Soil recovery also strongly depended on local conditions. During forest succession, high-activity clays and croplands decreased most strongly in bulk density and increased in C and N, possibly because of strongly compacted soils with low C and N after cropland abandonment, and because of rapid vegetation recovery in high-activity clays leading to greater fine root growth and litter input. Furthermore, sites at low precipitation decreased in pH, whereas sites at high precipitation increased in N and decreased in C : N ratio. Extractable phosphorus (P) did not recover during succession, suggesting increased P limitation as forests age. These results indicate that no single solution exists for effective soil restoration and that local site conditions should determine the restoration strategies. 2022-11-22T19:24:12Z 2022-11-22T19:24:12Z 2022-01-24 Artículo https://repositorio.catie.ac.cr/handle/11554/12147 openAccess en Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2021.0074 14 páginas application/pdf The Royal Society Publishing |
| spellingShingle | PH CARBONO CARBON FOSFORO PHOSPHORUS RESILIENCIA RESILIENCE NITROGENO NITROGEN DENSIDAD DENSITY DENSIDAD A GRANEL BULK DENSITY Sede Central van der Sander, Masha T Powers, Jennifer S Norden, Natalia Salgado Negret, Beatriz Bongers, Frans Delgado, Diego Dent, Daisy H Dupuy, Juan Manuel Finegan, Bryan Jakovac, Catarina C Meave, Jorge A Muñoz, Rodrigo Piotto, Daniel Cáceres Siani, Yasmani Sanchez Azofeifa, G. Arturo Poorter, Lourens y 15 autores más Soil resistance and recovery during neotropical forest succession |
| title | Soil resistance and recovery during neotropical forest succession |
| title_full | Soil resistance and recovery during neotropical forest succession |
| title_fullStr | Soil resistance and recovery during neotropical forest succession |
| title_full_unstemmed | Soil resistance and recovery during neotropical forest succession |
| title_short | Soil resistance and recovery during neotropical forest succession |
| title_sort | soil resistance and recovery during neotropical forest succession |
| topic | PH CARBONO CARBON FOSFORO PHOSPHORUS RESILIENCIA RESILIENCE NITROGENO NITROGEN DENSIDAD DENSITY DENSIDAD A GRANEL BULK DENSITY Sede Central |
| url | https://repositorio.catie.ac.cr/handle/11554/12147 |
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