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CATENA
卷 213, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
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DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2022.106129
关键词
Plantations; SOC loss; Soil management; Land use change; Western Ghats
资金
- Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, India
- ICAR-Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute, Goa, India
The study investigates the impact of land-use change on soil organic carbon (SOC) dynamics in coastal agroecosystems. Using the RothC model, the study simulates the changes in SOC stock under different climate change scenarios. The results show that cashew plantations are the most significant SOC sink, while coconut and pasture lands are not viable sinks in the study area. Promoting cashew, arecanut, and coconut land use systems integrated with tree components and pasture is suggested to improve SOC storage and other ecosystem services in the coastal agroecosystem.
Soil organic carbon (SOC) is one of the significant soil components influencing soil functions and soil processes. However, little is known about the impact of land-use change on SOC dynamics on coastal agroecosystems. We, therefore, simulated the impact of land use on SOC stock using RothC model under different climate change scenarios. In the present study, natural forest and pasture lands are the native land uses, while cashew, arecanut, and coconut plantations were established about 70-80 years ago from the natural forest. Measured SOC stocks were significantly higher in cashew and forest land uses (109.5 and 88.6 t C/ha) and much lower in coconut, arecanut and pasture lands (64.1-71.0 t C/ha). The study showed that under projected climate change conditions in Goa state and depending on emission scenarios, both decreases and increases of SOC stocks would be possible. By the end of the century, SOC stock in cashew would decrease by 4.3 t C/ha (RCP 4.5) and increase by 2.4 t C/ha (RCP 8.5), in coconut the SOC change was negligible (0.2 t C/ha) in RCP 4.5 while increased by 3.2 t C/ha in RCP 8.5. Arecanut, pasture and forest land uses showed a marked SOC decrease in RCP 4.5 (ranging from 5.2 to 5.4 t C/ha) and negligible positive (0.6-0.7 t C/ha) or negative (0.6 t C/ha) changes in RCP 8.5. Overall, the model indicated cashew plantations as the most prominent sink of SOC storage, while coconut and pasture are not viable sinks of SOC in the study area. We suggest promoting cashew, arecanut, and coconut land use system integrated with tree components and pasture to improve the SOC storage and other ecosystem services in the coastal agroecosystem.
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