Landscape-scale variability of soil health indicators: effects of cultivation on soil organic carbon in the Usambara Mountains of Tanzania

• Published in: Nutrient cycling in agroecosystems Vol. 105; no. 3; pp. 263 - 274
• Main Authors: Winowiecki, Leigh, Vågen, Tor-Gunnar, Massawe, Boniface, Jelinski, Nicolas A., Lyamchai, Charles, Sayula, George, Msoka, Elizabeth
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.07.2016; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Agriculture; Biodiversity; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Cultivation; cultivation area; Ecosystem services; Farming systems; Farms; High resolution; Land use; land use change; Landscape; landscapes; Life Sciences; Mapping; model validation; monitoring; Mountains; Organic carbon; Original Article; Prediction models; Remote sensing; Soil erosion; soil heterogeneity; soil organic carbon; soil quality; spatial data; surveys; Tanzania; tillage; Topsoil; trees; Tanzania; Cropping diversity; Land-use change; Land health

Land-use change continues at an alarming rate in sub-Saharan Africa adversely affecting ecosystem services provided by soil. These impacts are greatly understudied, especially in biodiversity rich mountains in East Africa. The objectives of this study were to: conduct a biophysical baseline of soil...