-Soil tillage influences the development of forests planted in the initial phase, which affects some hydrological processes and water erosion. The objective of this study was to quantify the water losses (WL) and soil losses (SL) by water erosion, between the second and third years of eucalyptus (Eucalyptus benthamii) crop, in an experiment located in southern Brazil, on a Humic Dystrudept. Was study three soil tillage treatments: i) subsoiling in downslope direction (SD); ii) subsoiling in contour on the slope (SC); iii) manual holes (MH). The plots had a dimension of 12 x 24 m, being the slope-wise length the greatest, monitored by tanks placed at the lower end for runoff collection. Runoff volume measurement and sampling for subsequent calculation of WL and SL was carried out weekly, corresponding to the rains accumulated during the week. The crop of eucalyptus in SD treatment, weakened the soil as to the water erosion in relation to the crop made in SC and in MH; the difference was 25% for the WL and 53% for the SL. Eucalyptus reforestation played an important role in the control of water erosion, regardless of the type of soil tillage. The SL due to water erosion were more influenced than the WL, regardless of the type of soil crop used. WL and SL are related to each other and to rainfall height in positive linear relationship, regardless of the type of soil preparation used for eucalyptus planting.Keywords: Reforestation; Water loss; Soil conservation. EROSÃO HÍDRICA EM TRÊS MÉTODOS DE PREPARO DO SOLO NUM CULTIVO DE EUCALYPTUS BENTHAMIIRESUMO -O preparo mecânico do solo é uma das operações mais importantes de manejo na fase inicial de desenvolvimento das florestas plantadas, pois afeta alguns processos do ciclo hidrológico e a erosão hídrica, sendo, por isso, importante o conhecimento dessas variáveis. Com o presente trabalho objetivouse quantificar as perdas de água e solo por erosão hídrica pluvial, entre o segundo e o terceiro ano de cultivo do Eucalyptus benthamii, em um experimento situado no Sul do Brasil, sobre um Cambissolo Húmico alumínico léptico, em três tratamentos de preparo do solo: i) preparo com subsolagem a favor do declive; ii) preparo com subsolagem em contorno ao declive; iii) preparo em covas com coveador manual. As parcelas tinham dimensão de 12 x 24 m, com o maior comprimento no sentido do declive, monitoradas por tanques colocados ao seu final para coleta da enxurrada. A medição do volume e a coleta de amostras da enxurrada para posterior cálculo de perdas de água e solo foi realizada semanalmente, correspondendo às chuvas acumuladas na semana. O preparo do solo a favor do declive apresentou perdas de água e solo maiores do que em contorno e em covas, cuja diferença foi 25 % para as perdas de água e 53 % para as perdas de solo. O crescimento das plantas ocasionou sensível diminuição do escoamento superficial, evidenciando que o reflorestamento, nas condições experimentais, pode controlar a erosão hídrica. As perdas de solo por erosão hídrica foram influenciadas em magnitude...
Traffic of heavy machinery at harvest and log extraction causes structural degradation of the soil, but studies on the effects of forest harvesting on soils with high organic matter content and exchangeable Al are scarce. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of mechanized forest harvesting operations on a Dystric Cambisol (Humic) with high organic matter (more 50 g kg 1 ) content and exchangeable Al (more), reforested with Pinus taeda L. The evaluated harvesting system were the whole-tree, in which the feller-buncher cuts and lays the trees down in bundles; the skidder drags the tree bundles up near a road; and the harvester delimbs and cuts the trees into short logs, stacking them on the roadside to be loaded onto trucks. The areas were evaluated for soil conditions at pre-harvest, prior to harvest, and at post-harvest, consisting of areas of low disturbance, high disturbance, forest residues and log yards. The effects of compaction after forest harvesting are observed by the decrease in total porosity (especially biopores and macropores), soil saturated hydraulic conductivity, and stability of aggregates. After forest harvesting, soil compaction was observed in all evaluated situations, but with different depths depending on operation type and the intensity of traffic carried in each area.
Water erosion is the main factor of degradation and reduction of the productive capacity of the soil, requiring management operations that minimize water and soil losses and at the same time maximize crop productivity. The research aimed to quantify losses by water erosion and, in the runoff water, determine the levels and total losses of P and K during the development of Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus benthamii). Eucalyptus was planted in three types of soil preparation: minimum preparation in the direction of the slope, minimum preparation in the contour of the slope, and semi-mechanized preparation, in an experiment in southern Brazil on a Haplic Dystrudept soil. We observed that the mechanical preparation of the soil carried out in the direction of the slope is less effective in controlling soil losses than the mechanical carried out perpendicularly to the slope and also less effective than the manual in pits, in which the soil losses are equivalent to 10% of those that occur in the direction of the slope. As for the control of water losses, manual preparation in pits is more effective than the two mechanized preparations. The greatest losses of soil occur in the fall, with losses 27 times greater in relation to the other seasons of the year, and the greatest losses of water occurred in the mechanized preparation perpendicular to the slope and in the manual preparation. Water losses vary less than soil losses, regardless of the type of soil preparation and the season. The losses of phosphorus and potassium by the Runoff water vary with the contents in the soil, with the type of soil preparation and with the moment of evaluation.
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