Tree growth and soil recovery in Amazonian lands degraded by coca cultivation and grazing
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F62156489%3A43410%2F25%3A43927414" target="_blank" >RIV/62156489:43410/25:43927414 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.17221/47/2025-JFS" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.17221/47/2025-JFS</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.17221/47/2025-JFS" target="_blank" >10.17221/47/2025-JFS</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Tree growth and soil recovery in Amazonian lands degraded by coca cultivation and grazing
Original language description
Soil degradation resulting from illicit coca cultivation and unsustainable grazing practices poses a major challenge to ecosystem restoration in the Peruvian Amazon. This study evaluates the potential of fast-growing tree species to rehabilitate degraded soils while producing economically valuable timber. Monoculture plantations of Corymbia torelliana (eucalyptus), Calycophyllum spruceanum (capirona), Colubrina glandulosa (shaina), and Cedrelinga cateniformis (tornillo) were established on former coca and pasture lands in the Alto Huallaga Valley. We assessed tree growth and key soil physicochemical properties - including soil organic matter (SOM), bulk density (BD), pH, extractable phosphorus (P), and cation exchange capacity (CEC) - in topsoil (0-10 cm) and subsoil (10-40 cm) layers. Eucalyptus and tornillo showed the highest diameter growth, while tornillo plots had significantly higher SOM levels. Soil pH was strongly acidic across all plots, and subsoil P was lowest under tornillo. CEC was highest in eucalyptus and capirona plots. Our findings suggest that tree plantations, particularly with eucalyptus, capirona, and tornillo, represent a viable strategy for the sustainable use and rehabilitation of soils formerly used for coca cultivation and grazing.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
40102 - Forestry
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Journal of Forest Science
ISSN
1212-4834
e-ISSN
1805-935X
Volume of the periodical
71
Issue of the periodical within the volume
8
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
13
Pages from-to
393-405
UT code for WoS article
001560090500001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105030266073