Soil organic carbon pool under native tree plantations in the Caribbean lowlands of Costa Rica

[EN] We evaluated the soil organic carbon (SOC) pool and selected physico-chemical soil variables in a plantation with native tree species established in a degraded pasture of the Caribbean lowlands of Costa Rica. Studies on the rate and accumulation of aboveground biomass and C have been conducted...

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Autores: Jiménez, Juan J., Lal, Rattan, Leblanc, Humberto A., Russo, Ricardo O.
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2007
País:España
Recursos:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
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Palavra-chave:Soil organic carbon
Native tree plantations
Costa Rica
Carbon sequestration
Land management
Ordination analysis
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spelling Soil organic carbon pool under native tree plantations in the Caribbean lowlands of Costa RicaJiménez, Juan J.Lal, RattanLeblanc, Humberto A.Russo, Ricardo O.Soil organic carbonNative tree plantationsCosta RicaCarbon sequestrationLand managementOrdination analysis[EN] We evaluated the soil organic carbon (SOC) pool and selected physico-chemical soil variables in a plantation with native tree species established in a degraded pasture of the Caribbean lowlands of Costa Rica. Studies on the rate and accumulation of aboveground biomass and C have been conducted in native tree plantations of Costa Rica. However, more studies on the SOC pool are needed since only few works provide information on the subject. The tree plantation was established in 1991 on a 2.6 ha. degraded pasture (Ischaemum sp.) Four species were selected: Vochysia guatemalensis Smith, Calophyllum brasiliense Cambess, Stryphnodendron excelsum Poeppig et Endl. and Hieronyma alchorneoides Allemao. Average SOC concentration ranged from 44.9 to 55.2 g kg−1 (0–10 cm), and decreased with depth up to 12.7–16.8 g kg−1 (40–50 cm). The highest SOC pool was measured under H. alchorneoides and V. guatemalensis, i.e. 131.9 and 119.2 Mg C ha−1, respectively, whereas in the pasture it was 115.6 Mg C ha−1. The SOC pool has not changed significantly under the tree species evaluated 14 years after establishment. A multivariate ordination technique named between-within class principal component analysis was used to determine the factors and trend that explain the variability in the data. The effect of vegetation in the SOC and selected soil variables measured in this study was only detected for H. alchorneoides. The information presented herein about the depth distribution of the SOC fraction improves our knowledge for further developing prediction models.Financial support for this study was provided by the US Department of Energy. We also thank the assistant in the field provided by Juan Hugo. Thanks to H. Arrieta for kindly permit the use of lab facilities at EARTH during field work, and Y. Raut is acknowledged for his help in C:N determinations at OSU lab. The useful comments provided by two anonymous referees are also highly appreciated.Peer reviewedElsevier201320132007info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501http://hdl.handle.net/10261/88406reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Españolhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2007.01.022info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/884062026-05-22T06:33:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Soil organic carbon pool under native tree plantations in the Caribbean lowlands of Costa Rica
title Soil organic carbon pool under native tree plantations in the Caribbean lowlands of Costa Rica
spellingShingle Soil organic carbon pool under native tree plantations in the Caribbean lowlands of Costa Rica
Jiménez, Juan J.
Soil organic carbon
Native tree plantations
Costa Rica
Carbon sequestration
Land management
Ordination analysis
title_short Soil organic carbon pool under native tree plantations in the Caribbean lowlands of Costa Rica
title_full Soil organic carbon pool under native tree plantations in the Caribbean lowlands of Costa Rica
title_fullStr Soil organic carbon pool under native tree plantations in the Caribbean lowlands of Costa Rica
title_full_unstemmed Soil organic carbon pool under native tree plantations in the Caribbean lowlands of Costa Rica
title_sort Soil organic carbon pool under native tree plantations in the Caribbean lowlands of Costa Rica
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Jiménez, Juan J.
Lal, Rattan
Leblanc, Humberto A.
Russo, Ricardo O.
author Jiménez, Juan J.
author_facet Jiménez, Juan J.
Lal, Rattan
Leblanc, Humberto A.
Russo, Ricardo O.
author_role author
author2 Lal, Rattan
Leblanc, Humberto A.
Russo, Ricardo O.
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Soil organic carbon
Native tree plantations
Costa Rica
Carbon sequestration
Land management
Ordination analysis
topic Soil organic carbon
Native tree plantations
Costa Rica
Carbon sequestration
Land management
Ordination analysis
description [EN] We evaluated the soil organic carbon (SOC) pool and selected physico-chemical soil variables in a plantation with native tree species established in a degraded pasture of the Caribbean lowlands of Costa Rica. Studies on the rate and accumulation of aboveground biomass and C have been conducted in native tree plantations of Costa Rica. However, more studies on the SOC pool are needed since only few works provide information on the subject. The tree plantation was established in 1991 on a 2.6 ha. degraded pasture (Ischaemum sp.) Four species were selected: Vochysia guatemalensis Smith, Calophyllum brasiliense Cambess, Stryphnodendron excelsum Poeppig et Endl. and Hieronyma alchorneoides Allemao. Average SOC concentration ranged from 44.9 to 55.2 g kg−1 (0–10 cm), and decreased with depth up to 12.7–16.8 g kg−1 (40–50 cm). The highest SOC pool was measured under H. alchorneoides and V. guatemalensis, i.e. 131.9 and 119.2 Mg C ha−1, respectively, whereas in the pasture it was 115.6 Mg C ha−1. The SOC pool has not changed significantly under the tree species evaluated 14 years after establishment. A multivariate ordination technique named between-within class principal component analysis was used to determine the factors and trend that explain the variability in the data. The effect of vegetation in the SOC and selected soil variables measured in this study was only detected for H. alchorneoides. The information presented herein about the depth distribution of the SOC fraction improves our knowledge for further developing prediction models.
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