Effects of slash-and-burn practices on soil seed banks in secondary forest successions in Madagascar

Randriamalala Josoa Ramarolanonana, Hervé Dominique, Letourmy Philippe, Carrière Stéphanie M.. 2015. Effects of slash-and-burn practices on soil seed banks in secondary forest successions in Madagascar. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 199 : 312-319.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2014.09.010

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Quartile : Outlier, Sujet : AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY / Quartile : Q1, Sujet : ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES / Quartile : Q1, Sujet : ECOLOGY

Résumé : Forest seed bank assessments are scarce in Madagascar and thus little is known about the relationships between the seed banks and vegetation dynamics on which secondary succession processes rely. The objective of this paper is to analyse the effects of slash-and-burn agriculture on soil seed banks and their dynamics along secondary forest successions. The aim of this work is to determine the effects of agricultural practices (cropping duration, tillage regime and fallow age) on seed bank density (SBD) and diversity (SBSR) during secondary succession periods (<25 years). Cropping duration was divided into three classes: (i) short (1-2 years), (ii) medium (3-5 years) and (iii) long (6-11 years). Tillage regime during crop successions was divided into three categories: (1) no tillage (only direct sowing is observed), (2) light tillage (after direct sowing, local shallow tillage is observed) and (3) heavy tillage (after direct sowing followed by light tillage practice, complete tillage practice is observed). Fifteen fallows subdivided into three regrowth age classes (2-6, 10-12 and 14-22 years) were surveyed. Fallow age is the main driver of SBD and SBSR: they increase with fallow age, regardless of cropping duration and tillage regime. SBD and SBSR recovery always occurs but is slower under long cropping duration (3-11 years) and heavy tillage regime because cropping duration helps to maintain a high level of wind-dispersed seeds during secondary succession and tillage regime contributes to reducing the proportion of viable seeds.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : forêt tropicale, forêt secondaire, semence

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Madagascar

Mots-clés complémentaires : Agriculture sur brûlis

Classification Agris : F08 - Systèmes et modes de culture
K01 - Foresterie - Considérations générales

Champ stratégique Cirad : Axe 1 (2014-2018) - Agriculture écologiquement intensive

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