Impact of potato cultivation and cattle farming on physicochemical parameters and enzymatic activities of Neotropical high Andean Páramo ecosystem soils

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 631-632; pp. 1600 - 1610
• Main Authors: Avellaneda-Torres, Lizeth Manuela, León Sicard, Tomás Enrique, Torres Rojas, Esperanza
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.08.2018
• Subjects: acid phosphatase; alkaline phosphatase; altitude; ammonium; Andes region; beta-glucosidase; calcium; cation exchange capacity; cattle; Colombia; dry season; ecosystems; enzyme activity; farms; land use; Land use impact; livestock farming; nitrates; nitrogen; organic carbon; potassium; potatoes; Protected areas; proteinases; Páramo; Soil enzymes; soil quality; Soil quality indicators; Solanum tuberosum; urease; water resources; wet season; Colombia; Andes region; Protected areas; Páramo; Soil enzymes; Land use impact; Soil quality indicators

The Andean Páramos are high mountain ecosystems whose soils are essential for the management of South American water resources, but research on anthropic impacts to these soils is currently minimal and insufficient. The objective of this study was to evaluate the impacts of potato (Solanum tuberosum...