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Land-use Change Impacts on Soil Processes Tropical and Savannah Ecosystems Land-use Change Impacts on Soil Processes Tropical and Savannah Ecosystems Edited by Francis Q. Brearley Manchester Metropolitan University and Andrew D. Thomas Aberystwyth University CABI is a trading name of CAB International CABI CABI Nosworthy Way 745 Atlantic Avenue Wallingford 8th Floor Oxfordshire OX10 8DE Boston, MA 02111 UK USA Tel: +44 (0)1491 832111 Tel: +1 617 682 9015 Fax: +44 (0)1491 833508 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.cabi.org © CAB International 2015. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronically, mechanically, by photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owners. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library, London, UK. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Land-use change impacts on soil processes : tropical and savannah ecosystems / edited by Francis Q. Brearley, Manchester Metropolitan University; and Andrew D. Thomas, Aberystwyth University. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-78064-210-9 (hbk : alk. paper) 1. Soils--Environmental aspects--Case studies. 2. Land use--Environmental aspects--Case studies. 3. Soil ecology--Case studies. I. Brearley, Francis Q., editor. II. Thomas, Andrew D. (Andrew David), 1970- editor. III. Title: Land use change impacts on soil processes. S596.L36 2015 577.5’7--dc23 2015021721 ISBN-13: 978 1 78064 210 9 Commissioning editors: Vicki Bonham and Nicki Dennis Editorial assistant: Emma McCann Production editors: Tracy Head and Emma Ross Typeset by SPi, Pondicherry, India. Printed and bound in the UK by CPI Group (UK) Ltd, Croydon, CR0 4YY. Contents Contributors vii Acknowledgements x 1 Land-use Change Impacts on Soil Processes in Tropical and Savannah Ecosystems: An Introduction 1 Francis Q. Brearley and Andrew D. Thomas 2 Effects of Land-use Changes on Biochemical and Microbial Parameters in Soils of the Andaman Islands, India 8 Raghavan Dinesh, Arkalgud Ganeshamurthy and Subrata Ghoshal Chaudhuri 3 Evaluating the Impact of Oil Palm Agriculture and Logging on Soil Microbial Communities in South-east Asia 21 Heather D’Angelo, Krista L. McGuire, Caitlyn Gillikin, Francis Q. Brearley and Dina C. Merrer 4 Microbial Functioning in Response to a Simulated Drought in Malaysian Rain Forest and Oil Palm Soils 31 Francis Q. Brearley 5 Impact of Land-use Changes in the Amazon on Bacterial Diversity, Composition and Distribution 41 Lucas W. Mendes, Acácio A. Navarrete, Clóvis D. Borges, Eiko E. Kuramae and Siu Mui Tsai 6 Acidification of Tropical Soils under Forest and Continuous Cropping in Thailand and Indonesia 55 Kazumichi Fujii, Chie Hayakawa, Shinya Funakawa and Takashi Kosaki 7 The Importance of Soil Quality in the Safe Practice of Urban Agriculture in Zimbabwe, Kenya and South Africa 72 Lovemore Chipungu, Hangwelani H. Magidimisha, Michael Hardman and Luke Beesley 8 Urbanization and Soil Nutrient Challenges and Opportunities: Lessons from Malawian Cities 85 David D. Mkwambisi, Andrew J. Dougill, Philip Antwi-Agyei and Chikondi P. Chabvuta v vi Contents 9 Impact of Gold Mining on Mercury Contamination and Soil Degradation in Amazonian Ecosystems of French Guiana 95 Michel Grimaldi, Stéphane Guédron and Catherine Grimaldi 10 Erosion and Sedimentation Effects on Soil Organic Carbon Redistribution in a Complex Landscape in Western Ecuador 108 Marife D. Corre, Jeroen M. Schoorl, Free de Koning, Magdalena López-Ulloa and Edzo Veldkamp 11 Pastoralism and Kalahari Rangeland Soils 122 Andrew D. Thomas, David R. Elliott, Tasmin N.L. Griffith and Helen Mairs 12 Changes in Soil Properties with Sugarcane Cropping in Mauritius 133 L. Ronald Ng Cheong and Gunshiam Umrit 13 Patterns and Drivers of Soil Carbon Stocks and Isotopic Composition in Secondary Tropical Dry Forests of Costa Rica 149 Jennifer S. Powers, David W.P. Manning and Justin M. Becknell 14 Conversion of Pastures into Tectona grandis Plantations in Western Panamá: Effects on Soil Properties and the Mechanisms Underlying these Changes 162 Luitgard Schwendenmann and Simon Kaiser 15 Land-use Change Impacts on Soil Processes in Tropical and Savannah Ecosystems: Emerging Themes and Future Research Directions 176 Andrew D. Thomas, Marife D. Corre, Luitgard Schwendenmann, Edzo Veldkamp, Kazumichi Fujii, Krista L. McGuire, David D. Mkwambisi, L. Ronald Ng Cheong, Jennifer S. Powers and Francis Q. Brearley Index 183 Contributors Philip Antwi-Agyei, Sustainability Research Institute, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK; and Department of Environmental Science, College of Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana ([email protected]) Justin M. Becknell, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN 55108, USA ([email protected]) Luke Beesley, Environmental and Biochemical Sciences, The James Hutton Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen, AB15 8QH, UK ([email protected]) Clóvis D. Borges, Cell and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Center for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture CENA, University of São Paulo USP, Piracicaba, São Paulo, CEP 13.416-000, Brazil (clovisdb@ usp.br) Francis Q. Brearley, School of Science and the Environment, Manchester Metropolitan University, Chester Street, Manchester, M1 5GD, UK ([email protected]) Chikondi P. Chabvuta, Centre for Community Organization and Development, PO Box 2109, Lilongwe, Malawi ([email protected]) Lovemore Chipungu, School of the Built Environment and Development Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Level 8 Shepstone Building, Howard College, Durban 4001, South Africa ( [email protected]) Marife D. Corre, Büsgen Institute – Soil Science of Tropical and Subtropical Ecosystems, Georg- August University Göttingen, Büsgenweg 2, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany ([email protected]) Heather D’Angelo, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Columbia Uni- versity, 116th Street and Broadway, New York, NY 10027, USA ([email protected]) Free de Koning, Conservation International Ecuador, Catalina Aldáz N34-181 y Portugal, Quito, Ecuador ([email protected]) Raghavan Dinesh,Indian Institute of Spices Research, Marikunnu PO, Calicut – 673012, Kerala, India ([email protected], [email protected]) Andrew J. Dougill, Sustainability Research Institute, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK ([email protected]) David R. Elliott, School of Science and the Environment, Manchester Metropolitan University, Chester Street, Manchester, M1 5GD, UK ([email protected]) Kazumichi Fujii, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Tsukuba 305-8687, Japan ([email protected]) Shinya Funakawa, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan ([email protected]) vii viii Contributors Arkalgud Ganeshamurthy, Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Hessargahatta Lake PO, Bengaluru – 560089, Karnataka, India ([email protected]) Subrata Ghoshal Chaudhuri, National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning (Regional Centre), Salt Lake City, Bidhan Nagar, Kolkata – 700091, West Bengal, India (sgc2004@gmail. com) Caitlyn Gillikin, Department of Biology, Barnard College, Columbia University, 3009 Broadway, New York, NY 10027, USA ([email protected]) Tasmin N.L. Griffith, School of Science and the Environment, Manchester Metropolitan University, Chester Street, Manchester, M1 5GD, UK ([email protected]) Catherine Grimaldi, INRA, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, UMR 1069, Soil Agro and hydroSystem, F-35000 Rennes, France ([email protected]) Michel Grimaldi, IRD, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, iEES-Paris, Institute of Ecology and Environmental Sciences of Paris, UMR 242, F-93143 Bondy, France ([email protected]) Stéphane Guédron, ISTerre, Institute of Earth Science, Université Grenoble 1, IRD – UMR 5559 (IRD/UJF/CNRS) – BP 53, F-38041 Grenoble, France ([email protected]) Michael Hardman, School of Environment and Life Sciences, University of Salford, Salford Cres- cent, Salford, M5 4WT, UK ([email protected]) Chie Hayakawa, The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan ([email protected]) Simon Kaiser, Tropical Silviculture and Forest Ecology, Georg-August University Göttingen, Büsgenweg 1, 37077 Göttingen, Germany ([email protected]) Takashi Kosaki, Department of Tourism Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo 192-0364, Japan ([email protected]) Eiko E. Kuramae, Microbial Ecology Department, Netherlands Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW, Wageningen, the Netherlands ([email protected]) Magdalena López-Ulloa, Environmental Engineering, Universidad de las Americas, Avenida de los Granados E 12-41 y Colimes Esq., Quito, Ecuador ([email protected]) Hangwelani H. Magidimisha, Human Science Research Council, Demography Governance and Ser- vice Delivery, Private Bag X07, Dalbridge, Durban, 4014, South Africa ([email protected]) Helen Mairs, School of Science and the Environment, Manchester Metropolitan University, Chester Street, Manchester, M1 5GD, UK ([email protected]) David W.P. Manning, Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA ([email protected]) Krista L. McGuire, Department of Biology, Barnard College, Columbia