Soil erodibility assessment in a pasture and forest remnant using the inderbitzen device

dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.creatorRibeiro, A. I.
dc.creatorGonzalez, L. F.
dc.creatorLongo, R. M.
dc.creatorde Medeiros, G. A.
dc.creatorRosa, André Henrique
dc.creatorLourenço, Roberto Wagner
dc.creatorFengler, F. H.
dc.date2014-05-27T11:29:33Z
dc.date2016-10-25T18:48:40Z
dc.date2014-05-27T11:29:33Z
dc.date2016-10-25T18:48:40Z
dc.date2013-05-28
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-06T02:24:33Z
dc.date.available2017-04-06T02:24:33Z
dc.identifierWIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment, v. 170, p. 49-55.
dc.identifier1743-3541
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/75452
dc.identifierhttp://acervodigital.unesp.br/handle/11449/75452
dc.identifier10.2495/FENV130051
dc.identifier2-s2.0-84878086061
dc.identifier0000-0002-2042-018X
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2495/FENV130051
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/896196
dc.descriptionBrazil has the largest cattle herd in the world with approximately 200 million head. An important feature of the Brazilian cattle industry is that most of its herd is raised on pasture, which constitutes one of the most economical and practical ways to produce and provide food for cattle. However, this production model is mishandled and can lead to soil degradation. Maintaining soil quality is essential for the conservation of natural ecosystems and the areas of production, thus soil quality improves the conditions for biogeochemical cycles. In this context, the objective of this study was to develop a device for testing the Inderbitzen way of assessing soil erodibility in two situations of usage and occupation. Therefore, one area was used as a sample collection occupied by grazing and the other as a forest fragment; both located in the city of Sorocaba in Sao Paulo State, Brazil. Thus, we concluded that the proposed device - the Inderbitzen - proved capable of assessing soil erodibility of the pasture and remnant forest. Accordingly, there was a tendency for a smaller loss of forest soils in the remnant when compared to the degraded pasture. The greatest resistance of the soil erosion in the forest remnant may be associated with the amount of organic matter released by the forest litter in all its diversity, influencing the quality of the structure of aggregates. © 2013 WIT Press.
dc.languageeng
dc.relationWIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subjectDegraded pasture
dc.subjectErosion
dc.subjectForest remnant
dc.subjectInderbitzen test
dc.subjecterodibility
dc.subjectforest soil
dc.subjectgrazing
dc.subjectlitter
dc.subjectpasture
dc.subjectsoil degradation
dc.subjectsoil erosion
dc.subjectsoil organic matter
dc.subjectsoil quality
dc.subjectBrazil
dc.subjectSao Paulo [Brazil]
dc.subjectSorocaba
dc.subjectBos
dc.titleSoil erodibility assessment in a pasture and forest remnant using the inderbitzen device
dc.typeOtro


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