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Influence of scattered trees in grazing areas on soil properties in the Piedmont region of the Colombian Amazon

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  • Faver Álvarez
  • Fernando Casanoves
  • Juan Carlos Suárez

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Trees dispersed in grazing areas are contribute to the sustainability of livestock systems. The interactions between trees and soil are ecological processes that allow the modification of the biology, fertility, and physics of the soil. This study was aimed to assess the influence of dispersed trees in pastures on soil properties in grazing areas for dual-purpose cattle systems in the Piedmont region of the Colombian Amazon. The work was done in grazing areas with scattered trees at the Centro de Investigaciones Amazónicas CIMAZ–Macagual in Florencia—Caquetá—Colombia. We evaluated the effect of five tree species, Andira inermis, Bellucia pentámera, Guarea Guidonia, Psidium guajava and Zygia longifolia, on soil properties (up to 30 cm soil depth) under and outside the influence of the crown. Under the tree crown, three points were systematically taken in different cardinal positions. This was done at a distance corresponding to half the radius of the tree crown. The sampling points in the open pasture area (out of crown) were made in the same way, but at 15 m from the crown border. The ANOVA showed significant interaction (P

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  • Faver Álvarez & Fernando Casanoves & Juan Carlos Suárez, 2021. "Influence of scattered trees in grazing areas on soil properties in the Piedmont region of the Colombian Amazon," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 16(12), pages 1-19, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0261612
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0261612
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