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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Autores principales: 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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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
institution Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza
collection Repositorio CATIE
language Inglés
topic PH
CARBONO
CARBON
FOSFORO
PHOSPHORUS
RESILIENCIA
RESILIENCE
NITROGENO
NITROGEN
DENSIDAD
DENSITY
DENSIDAD A GRANEL
BULK DENSITY
Sede Central
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
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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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_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
author_sort van der Sander, Masha T
title Soil resistance and recovery during neotropical forest succession
title_short 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_sort soil resistance and recovery during neotropical forest succession
publisher The Royal Society Publishing
publishDate 2022
url https://repositorio.catie.ac.cr/handle/11554/12147
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