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Title: Impact of land use changes on the hydrological properties of volcanic ash soils in South Ecuador
Other Titles: Soil Use and Management
Authors: Buytaert, Wouter
Deckers, Jozef
Dercon, Gerd
Bievre, Bert De
Poesen, Jean
Govers, Gerard
Keywords: Andosols
Land Use
Soil Water Retention
Hydrology
Volcanic Ash Soils
Ecuador
Issue Date: Jun-2002
metadata.dc.ucuenca.paginacion: Páginas 94-100
metadata.dc.description.numberSequence: 
volumen 18; número 2
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: doiI: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.2002.tb00226.x
metadata.dc.type: Article
Abstract: 
The effect of land use on the water retention capacity of Umbric Andosols in south Ecuador was studied. The objective was to acquire a better insight into the hydrological processes of the ecosystem and the role of the soil, in order to assess the impact of changing soil properties due to land use change on the hydrology of the high Andes region. Field data on the water retention capacity at wilting point of Umbric Andosols were collected for both cultivated field conditions and original bush vegetation. The pH in water and in NaF, texture, organic matter content and dry bulk density were measured to show which physicochemical soil characteristics are responsible for the water retention of the Umbric Andosols and for the irreversible loss in water retention due to air drying. Organic matter content appears to be very important and certainly more important than allophane clay content. Water retention of the organic litter layer was calculated to be 16 mm, this would be lost when vegetation was cleared and the land cultivated.
URI: http://dspace.ucuenca.edu.ec/handle/123456789/22202
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