Successful Soil Remediation and Reforestation of a Calcic Regosol Amended with Composted Urban Waste

Román, Ronnie de Jesús Arieta; Fortun, C.; Sá, M. E. García López De; Almendros, G.

doi:10.1080/15324980301599

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“…Some studies have also examined the effects of biosolids on grasslands, on mine reclamation land, and on native rangeland (Sort & Alcañiz 1996, Pierce et al 1998, Brofas et al 2000, Jorba & Andrés 2000, Harrison et al 2002, Walter et al 2000, Ros et al 2003, Meyer et al 2004, MorenoPeñaranda et al 2004), but little information exists on the effects of MSW on shrubland in semiarid environments (Albaladejo et al 2000, Shuman et al 2001, Román et al 2003. Further information is therefore needed to help develop strategies that might allow these wastes to be used as soil amendments.…”

Section: Department Of the Environment Inia Madrid Spainmentioning

confidence: 94%

“…Moffet et al (2005) reported a slight increase in OC content with increasing biosolid doses (7 to 90 Mg ha -1 ) in the A horizon of two types of soils. In addition, Fortún et al (2003) reported slight changes in SOC content when 400 Mg ha-1 of composted MSW was applied to a semiarid soil of low fertility.…”

Section: Soil Chemical Properties and Heavy Metal Concentrationsmentioning

confidence: 94%

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Plant and Soil Responses to the Application of Composted MSW in a Degraded, Semiarid Shrubland in Central Spain

Walter¹,

Martínez²,

Cuevas³

2006

Compost Science & Utilization

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Section: Department Of the Environment Inia Madrid Spainmentioning

confidence: 94%

Section: Soil Chemical Properties and Heavy Metal Concentrationsmentioning

confidence: 94%

Plant and Soil Responses to the Application of Composted MSW in a Degraded, Semiarid Shrubland in Central Spain

Walter¹,

Martínez²,

Cuevas³

2006

Compost Science & Utilization

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“…The use of composted biosolids as an amendment to promote soil restoration and forest regeneration in burnt or degraded ecosystems is increasing (Navas et al 1999; Guerrero et al 2001; Martinez et al 2003 b ; Román et al 2003; Curtis & Claassen 2007; Kowaljow & Mazzarino 2007). In contrast to mineral fertilizers, sewage sludge and green waste compost are rich in humified organic matter and can be used as a slow‐release source of nutrients (Barker 1997).…”

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confidence: 99%

Restoration of a Mediterranean Postfire Shrubland: Plant Functional Responses to Organic Soil Amendment

Larchevêque

Ballini

Baldy

et al. 2010

Restoration Ecology

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We investigated the potential of plant functional responses to speed up restoration in a postfire ecosystem. The patterns of change in plant nutrient uptake and water potential after compost amendment were monitored for 2 years in a 7-year-old postfire shrubland in southeastern France. We studied four different stress-tolerant species with contrasting life traits: three shrub species and a perennial herb. Three treatments were applied: control, 50 and 100 Mg/ha of fresh cocomposted sewage sludge and green waste. In both compost treatments, concentrations of all the macronutrients increased. The amendment improved N and cation nutrition, but the positive effect of compost on plant nutrient status was most apparent on leaf P concentrations, indicating that P was a limiting nutrient in this shrubland. Compost had no significant short-term effect on trace metal concentrations in plants. The plant nutrition response of different species to the compost varied; the nutritional status of Brachypodium retusum and Cistus albidus improved the most, whereas that of Quercus coccifera and Ulex parviflorus improved the least. Woody species exhibited no increase in N stocks. Phosphorus accumulation was also about three times higher in plots amended at 50 Mg/ha than in control plots for B. retusum and C. albidus. The severe summer drought of 2003 altered the compost effect. Contrary to our expectations, plants on amended plots did not exhibit a better water status in summer: the effect of the summer drought had a greater effect on water status than did the compost treatment.

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“…We have some evidence of the positive impact of reforestation on soil erodibility, slope stability and nutrient status at the plot-scale (e.g., Roman et al, 2003;Jiang et al, 2006;Billings and Richter, 2006). The lack of sufficient timeseries data of nutrient flux at micro-basin scales in the tropics ('O13') means that we cannot realistically generalise this potentially positive impact.…”

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confidence: 97%

Development of the forSIM model to quantify positive and negative hydrological impacts of tropical reforestation

Chappell¹,

Tych²,

Bonell³

2007

Forest Ecology and Management

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Successful Soil Remediation and Reforestation of a Calcic Regosol Amended with Composted Urban Waste

Cited by 29 publications

References 13 publications

Plant and Soil Responses to the Application of Composted MSW in a Degraded, Semiarid Shrubland in Central Spain

Plant and Soil Responses to the Application of Composted MSW in a Degraded, Semiarid Shrubland in Central Spain

Restoration of a Mediterranean Postfire Shrubland: Plant Functional Responses to Organic Soil Amendment

Development of the forSIM model to quantify positive and negative hydrological impacts of tropical reforestation

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