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Research article
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04 Jul 2017
Research article |
| 04 Jul 2017
Land use change affects biogenic silica pool distribution in a subtropical soil toposequence
Dácil Unzué-Belmonte
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
EcosystemManagement Research Group, Department of Biology, University
of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1C, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
Invited contribution by Dácil Unzué-Belmonte, recipient of the EGU Soil System Sciences Outstanding Student Poster Award 2014.
Yolanda Ameijeiras-Mariño
Earth and Life Institute, Environmental Sciences, Université
catholique de Louvain, Croix du Sud 2 bte L7.05.10, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve,
Belgium
Sophie Opfergelt
Earth and Life Institute, Environmental Sciences, Université
catholique de Louvain, Croix du Sud 2 bte L7.05.10, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve,
Belgium
Jean-Thomas Cornelis
Department Biosystem Engineering (BIOSE), Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
(GxABT), University of Liège (ULg), Avenue Maréchal Juin, 27, 5030
Gembloux, Belgium
Lúcia Barão
ICAAM, Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais
Mediterrânicas, University of Évora, Apartado 94, 7002-554
Évora, Portugal
Jean Minella
Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Department of Soil
Science, 1000 Avenue Roraima, Camobi, CEP 97105-900 Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
Patrick Meire
EcosystemManagement Research Group, Department of Biology, University
of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1C, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
Eric Struyf
EcosystemManagement Research Group, Department of Biology, University
of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1C, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
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Short summary
We studied the effect of land conversion and erosion intensity on the biogenic silica (BSi) pools in a subtropical soil in the south of Brazil. Our study shows that deforestation will rapidly (< 50 years) deplete (10–53 %) the biogenic alkaline extractable Si (AlkExSi) pool in soils. Higher erosion in steeply sloped sites implies increased deposition of biogenic Si in deposition zones near the bottom of the slope, where rapid burial can cause removal of BSi from biologically active zones.
We studied the effect of land conversion and erosion intensity on the biogenic silica (BSi)...
