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Changes in soil properties of a forest management area on the Araripe Plateau

Adriana Oliveira Araújo, Luiz Alberto Ribeiro Mendonça, Maria Gorethe de Sousa Lima, José Valmir Feitosa, Fernando José Araújo da Silva, Ricardo Luiz Lange Ness, [...]

01/Jun/2013

The Araripe Plateau in the tropic semi-arid region is characterized by great environmental diversity. The Araripe National Forest and several forest management units (FMU) are located in this area with mostly red-yellow Oxisols. The goal of this study was to identify a basic indicator that could represent a set of physical, chemical and biological properties of soils of the Plateau. Multivariate analysis was used to indicate changes in soil properties of a FMU. Soil samples were analyzed in triplicate (0-20 […]