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ArticleCarbon balance and management2024

Montane evergreen forest deforestation for banana plantations decreased soil organic carbon and total nitrogen stores to alarming levels.

Tarquinio Mateus Magalhães, Edna Rita Bernardo Cossa, Hunilcia Esperança Nhanombe, Amélia David Muchanga Mugabe

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Article in Carbon balance and management, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Tarquinio Mateus MagalhãesDepartamento de Engenharia Florestal, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Av. Julius Nyerere no. 3453, Campus Universitário Principal, Edifício no. 1, 257 Maputo, Moçambique, South Africa. tarqmag@yahoo.com.br.
Edna Rita Bernardo CossaDepartamento de Engenharia Florestal, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Av. Julius Nyerere no. 3453, Campus Universitário Principal, Edifício no. 1, 257 Maputo, Moçambique, South Africa.
Hunilcia Esperança NhanombeDepartamento de Engenharia Florestal, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Av. Julius Nyerere no. 3453, Campus Universitário Principal, Edifício no. 1, 257 Maputo, Moçambique, South Africa.
Amélia David Muchanga MugabeDepartamento de Engenharia Florestal, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Av. Julius Nyerere no. 3453, Campus Universitário Principal, Edifício no. 1, 257 Maputo, Moçambique, South Africa.

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Styrelsen för Internationellt Utvecklingssamarbete ASDI 1.2.3
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Abstract

Forest conversion to agricultural land has been shown to deplete soil organic carbon (SOC) and soil total nitrogen (STN) stocks. However, research on how soil properties respond to forest conversion to shifting cultivation has produced conflicting results. The conflicting findings suggest that the agricultural system may influence the response of SOC and STN to forest conversion to agriculture, depending on the presence of vegetative cover throughout the year. Due to the unique characteristics of montane evergreen forests (MEF) and banana plantations (BP), SOC and STN response to MEF conversion to BP may differ from existing models. Nevertheless, research on how soil properties are affected by MEF conversion to BP is scarce globally. In order to fill this research gap, the goal of this study was to evaluate how much deforestation for BP affects SOC, STN, and soil quality by analysing these soil parameters in MEF and BP fields down to 1-m depth, using standard profile-based procedures. Contrary to the specified hypothesis that SOC and STN losses would be restricted to the upper 20-cm soil layer, SOC losses were extended to the 40-cm depth layer and STN losses to the 60-cm depth layer. The soils lost 18.56 Mg ha

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AgricultureBiomassEastern AfricaLand-use changeSoil nutrients

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