Skip to main content

page search

Library Variability of Soil Organic Carbon stocks under different land uses: A study in an afro-montane landscape in southwestern Uganda

Variability of Soil Organic Carbon stocks under different land uses: A study in an afro-montane landscape in southwestern Uganda

Variability of Soil Organic Carbon stocks under different land uses: A study in an afro-montane landscape in southwestern Uganda

Resource information

Date of publication
December 2013
Resource Language
ISBN / Resource ID
AGRIS:US201500013795
Pages
282-289

We explore and compare quantities and patterns of Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) in protected forest and neighboring land around Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (a mountain protected area in Southwestern Uganda). We assessed paired sites of natural forest and major land uses (potato, tea and grazing lands) converted between 1973 and 2010. These pairings were replicated at three altitudinal zones. Plots (20m by 50m) were demarcated within each site. Five composite soil and core samples were obtained from 0 to 15cm (top-soil) and 15–30cm (sub-soil) at each plot. In total, 192 composite soil and core samples were collected. Within forest we found marked site to site variation in SOC from 54.6 to 82.6Mg/ha. There was a tendency for higher SOC in converted land, associated with higher bulk density suggesting quality based land use selection with forest left on inferior soils. Cultivation, landscape position, slope and sampling depth were all significantly (P

Share on RLBI navigator
NO

Authors and Publishers

Author(s), editor(s), contributor(s)

Twongyirwe, R.
Sheil, D.
Majaliwa, J.G.M.
Ebanyat, P.
Tenywa, M.M.
van Heist, M.
Kumar, L.

Publisher(s)
Data Provider
Geographical focus