Effects of Agricultural Expansion on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Stocks in the Amazon Deforestation Arc

Autor: Jorge Cardoso de Azevedo, Abmael da Silva Cardoso, Nauara Moura Lage Filho, Cristian Faturi, Thiago Carvalho da Silva, Felipe Nogueira Domingues, Vladimir Eliodoro Costa, Ana Cláudia Ruggieri, Ricardo Andrade Reis, Aníbal Coutinho do Rêgo
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Soil Systems, Vol 8, Iss 1, p 25 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2571-8789
DOI: 10.3390/soilsystems8010025
Popis: Typical successions in land use affect the dynamics of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) in the soil. This study aimed to determine the effects of land use change on soil organic carbon and N content and stocks in pastures, crops, and forests in the Amazon. Soil C and N stocks were assessed at depths of 30 and 100 cm to determine 13C isotopic abundance. The concentrations of C and N in crops were lower (p < 0.05) than those in other land use types. Soil organic C and soil N stocks for pasture (67.6, 144.8, 5.7, and 13.3) and forest (77.1, 137.5, 6.3, and 13.8) systems were similar, but greater than those of the crop area (36.4, 63.9, 3.0, and 6.0), regardless of depth (30 and 100 cm for C and N). Land use change for pastures in the Arc of Deforestation region of the Amazon maintains SOC and N stocks in the soil and is more sustainable than the agricultural system with black pepper, as long as the conditions of soil, climate, and cultivation are similar. Part of the C3-derived carbon from the forest was replaced by C4-derived C from grasses at soil depths up to 100 cm.
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