Soluble Bases and CEC Variation across Undisturbed and Disturbed Coastal Forests in Tanzania | Chapter 12 | Advances and Trends in Agricultural Sciences Vol. 1
Understanding
of different levels of soil calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), potassium (K), sodium
(Na), cation exchange capacity (CEC), and percentage base saturation (BS), is
important in the management of forest ecosystems. However, there is limited
documentation on the status of these elements in the undisturbed forest sites
(CFS) crop-agriculture (ADS) and livestock grazing (DGS) disturbances in the
tropical coastal forests. This chapter attempts to address this deficit by
presenting soil fertility based on exchangeable bases’ status and variations
across undisturbed forest sites (used as a control), crop-agriculture and
livestock disturbed sites in the coastal zone of Tanzania. The chapter aims to
add knowledge on the management of tropical coastal forests. Indeed, this
chapter shows that crop-agriculture and livestock grazing disturb soil chemical
properties in tropical coastal forests. Therefore, it is essential to protect
undisturbed forest while putting more efforts to restore the disturbed sites
for sustainable forest management along the coastal areas.
Author Details:
Elly Josephat Ligate
Department of Biosciences,
Solomon Mahlangu College of Science and Education, Sokoine University of
Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania.
Can Chen
College of Forestry, Fujian
Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, P.R. China.
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