Soils of amazonia with particular reference to the rainfor sites
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8096818 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carlos Alvarado Quesada (0000-0001-7178-9713), Jon Lloyd (0000-0002-5458-9960), Liana O Anderson (0000-0001-9545-5136), Nikolaos M Fyllas (0000-0002-5651-5578), M Schwarz (0000-0003-0340-3780), Michael P Schwarz (0000-0001-7212-6655), C I Czimczik (0000-0002-8251-6603) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Publication date | 2009-04-08 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | PREPRINT |
| Publisher | Copernicus GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.5194/bgd-6-3851-2009 |
| OpenAlex | W4245240808 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 51 |
The tropical forests of Amazonia occur on a wide variety of different soil types reflecting a rich diversity of geologic and geomorphologic conditions. We here review the existing literature about the main soil groups of Amazonia, describing their genesis, geographical patterns and principal chemical, physical and morphologic characteristics. Original data is also presented with profiles of exchangeable cations, carbon and particle size fraction illustrated for the principal soil types, also emphasizing the high diversity existing within the main soil groups when possible. Maps of geographic distribution of soils occurring under forest vegetation are also introduced, and to contextualize soils into an evolutionary framework, a scheme of soil development is proposed having as its basis a chemical weathering index. We identify a continuum of soil evolution in Amazonia with soil properties varying predictably along this pedogenetic gradient
Amazon rainforest · Biology · Earth science · Geomorphology · Soil water · Vegetation (pathology · Weathering · Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory · Banana Cultivation and Research · Environmental Science · Iron oxide chemistry and applications · Ecology · Geology · Soil Science
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |