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ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
卷 29, 期 2, 页码 192-199出版社
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2006.07.003
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agroforestry; nitrogen; slash pine; soil phosphorus storage capacity; treeless pasture
Trees integrated into the range- and pasturelands of Florida could remove nutrients from deeper soil profiles that would other-wise be transported to water bodies and cause pollution. Soil nitrogen (N) and phosphor-us (P) concentrations were monitored in three pastures: a treeless pasture of bahiagrass (Paspalum notatum); a pasture of bahiagrass under 20-year-old slash pine (Pinus elliotti) trees (silvopasture); and a pasture of native vegetation under pine trees (native silvopasture). Soil analysis from 10 profiles within each pasture showed that P concentrations were higher in treeless pasture (mean: 9.11 mg kg(-1) in the surface to 0.23 mg kg(-1) at 1.0 m depth) compared to silvopastures (mean: 2.51 and 0.087 mg kg(-1), respectively), and ammonium-N and nitrate-N concentrations were higher in the surface horizon of treeless pasture. The more extensive rooting zones of the combined stand of tree + forage may have caused higher nutrient uptake from silvopastures than treeless system. Further, compared to treeless system, soils under silvopasture showed higher P storage capacity The results suggest that, compared to treeless pasture, silvopastoral association enhances nutrient retention in the system and thus reduces chances for nutrient transport to surface water. The study reflects the scope for applying ecological-engineering and ecosystem-restoration principles to silvopastoral-system design. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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