Soil Faunal Degradation and Restoration

Curry, James; Good, J. A.

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“…Studies have shown that as soil biodiversity declines, adapted species may take over from the indigenous species and the composition may change drastically (Curry & Good, 1992).…”

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Measuring the Short-term Success of Hill Dipterocarp Forest Restoration: The Use of Organic Materials

Heriansyah¹,

Hamid²,

Nuruddin³

et al. 2012

JAS

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Restoring degraded logged-over forest which is indicated by low in soil fertility and organic matter due to imbalance nutrient cycle are of paramount importance as there has been increasing attention towards these forests as the sustainable use of these resources. Forest restoration through reintroduces tree species lost, especially fast growing dipterocarp is implemented to curtail degraded logged-over forest and improve the soil fertility through organic material application is important, but only few information is available on restoration of degraded forest. The objectives of this study were: (1) to evaluate the growth and biomass accumulation on different kind and application rate of organic materials; and (2) to determine suitable application for restoration of degraded forest in the humid tropics of Peninsular Malaysia. This study was conducted at Shorea leprosula stand in Tekai Forest Reserve, Pahang, Malaysia. To evaluate the effects of organic materials on survival, growth and biomass increment, mineral soils were amended with different application rates of organic materials, such as pulp mill sludge, compost, oil palm mesocarp and their combinations. Application rate of each organic materials were 0, ⅓, ½, ⅔, and ¾ of v/v. Growth measurement was conducted in every month for early growth up to 3 months after application and continued for every three months, while biomass accumulation were measured on initial, 3-, 6-and 12-month after application by destructive sampling method. Plant growth and biomass accumulation was increased by all amendments, however their rates was decreased during early growth as a result of adaptation process. Up to 12 months analyses, the best diameter growth performance appeared by compost 66.67% (treatment 9) and combination 33.33% (treatment 17), followed by treatment 10 (compost 75%) and 18 (combination 50%), while the best height growth performance appeared by treatment 18 and 17 and followed by treatment 9. The biggest biomass increment was on treatment 9, followed by treatment 18 and 17. The treatment that should be avoided for restoration program were control (treatment 1; only mineral soil), all application rates of pulp mill sludge and mix organic materials which high rate of sludge. Root formations on sludge medium shown in broken-down condition since they absorb water and dissolved minerals from pulp mill sludge medium, moreover all leaves shown unhealthy and burned down. Restoration program in tropical degraded forest land without applied organic material indicated poor growth rate and biomass accumulation, then organic material application to be one of the requirement treatments needed for better results. Compost as well as the type of past forest structure were important factors which resulted the best growth performance with high survival rate and recommended for restoration technique in Tekai Forest Reserve, Pahang, Malaysia or other comparative areas.

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“…Studies have shown that as soil biodiversity declines, adapted species may take over from the indigenous species and the composition may change drastically (Curry & Good, 1992).…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Measuring the Short-term Success of Hill Dipterocarp Forest Restoration: The Use of Organic Materials

Heriansyah¹,

Hamid²,

Nuruddin³

et al. 2012

JAS

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“…Earthworms in soil enriches the availability of nutritive elements of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) and soil structure changes (Castellanos-Navarrete et al, 2012). Observation on barren lands used to be mining areas in Ohio, USA, shows that Lumbricus rubellus is able to increase the availability of potassium and phosphorus in soil as much as 19 and 16,5%, successively (Curry and Good, 1992). Earthworm not only fertilize soil, but leave as well in them tracks in the form of burrows or holes, serves as aeration and drainage paths that make the soil become more friable.…”

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Optimizing degraded steep upland paddy field under no tillage practice using leaf mulching and earth-worms

Sudjana¹

2017

Afr. J. Agric. Res.

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A field experiment project was conducted in Karawang District, Indonesia from April to October, 2016 in the search of efforts to optimize degraded steep upland paddy field and paddy yield. The experinment was designed under no tillage practices and statistical randomized block were applied with two factors, that is, banana leaf mulch, and worms where each factor is varied into four levels of treatments with three times-replication, respectively. Results showed that both banana leaf mulch and worms significantly improved the soil physic properties of degraded land such as reduced soil bulk density by 28%; increased soil water capacity by 144%; increased total porosity by 24.5% ; and soil permeability from 1.12 to 29.34 cm/h. While, the regression/corelation of this improvement to the paddy (dry-land paddy rice) tiller and yield is strong at R 2 = 0.54 and R 2 = 0.72, respectively.

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“…Não é fácil prever o número, o tipo e a atividade dos organismos que podem ser encontrados no solo, pois eles dependem, além do clima e da vegetação, de fatores do próprio solo, como umidade, temperatura, aeração, acidez, suprimento de nutrientes e de energia e grau de perturbação (Curry & Good, 1992;Fisher & Binkley, 2000).…”

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Indicadores de qualidade de solos de área de mineração e metalurgia de chumbo: II - Mesofauna e plantas

Barros¹,

Melo²,

Sautter

et al. 2010

Rev. Bras. Ciênc. Solo

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RESUMO A influência do manejo ou a adição de contaminante ao solo, normalmente, induz uma resposta mais rápida sobre a mesofauna do solo do que em outros atributos pedológicos, o que torna esses organismos bons indicadores de qualidade ambiental. Os objetivos deste trabalho foram identificar e quantificar os grupos de organismos da mesofauna dos solos e determinar os teores de Pb e Zn de plantas da área de mineração e metalurgia de Pb, no município de Adrianópolis (PR), de modo que fossem gerados indicadores biológicos da qualidade desses solos. Os solos selecionados apresentaram as seguintes características em relação às formas de contaminação: solo 1 -referência (mata nativa); solo 2 -resíduos incorporados ao perfil; solos 3 e 6 -próximos às chaminés da fábrica, com potencial de aporte de material particulado; e solo 5 -grande volume de rejeitos sobre o solo. Foram utilizados funis de Berlese, coletando-se amostras na profundidade de 0 a 5 cm (20 funis x 5 solos x 1 profundidade x 4 épocas = 400 amostras). Após separação da mesofauna, procedeu-se à triagem e identificação dos organismos com o auxílio de lupa. Amostras de formiga foram digeridas com HNO 3 concentrado em sistema fechado de micro-ondas, e os teores de Pb e Zn foram determinados por espectroscopia de emissão atômica com plasma indutivamente acoplado (ICP-AES). Plantas da família Poaceae foram coletadas em todos os solos e, após digestão das amostras da parte aérea e da raiz pelo método nítrico-perclórico,

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Soil Faunal Degradation and Restoration

Cited by 45 publications

References 143 publications

Measuring the Short-term Success of Hill Dipterocarp Forest Restoration: The Use of Organic Materials

Measuring the Short-term Success of Hill Dipterocarp Forest Restoration: The Use of Organic Materials

Optimizing degraded steep upland paddy field under no tillage practice using leaf mulching and earth-worms

Indicadores de qualidade de solos de área de mineração e metalurgia de chumbo: II - Mesofauna e plantas

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