@article{fdi:010084496,
  title = {{L}ogging residues promote rapid restoration of soil health after clear-cutting of rubber plantations at two sites with contrasting soils in {A}frica},
  author = {{P}erron, {T}. and {K}ouakou, {A}. and {S}imon, {C}. and {M}areschal, {L}. and {F}rederic, {G}. and {S}oumahoro, {M}. and {K}ouassi, {D}. and {R}akotondrazafy, {N}. and {R}apidel, {B}. and {L}aclau, {J}. {P}. and {B}rauman, {A}lain},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{S}oil health is defined as the soil's capacity to deliver ecosystem functions within environmental constraints. {O}n tree plantations, clear-cutting and land preparation between two crop cycles cause severe physical disturbances to the soil and seriously deplete soil organic carbon and biodiversity. {R}ubber, one of the main tropical perennial crops worldwide, has a plantation life cycle of 25 to 40 years, with successive replanting cycles on the same plot. {T}he aim of this study was to assess the effects of clear-cutting disturbance on three soil functions (carbon transformation, nutrient cycling and structure maintenance) and their restoration after the planting of the new rubber crop, in two contrasting soil situations ({A}renosol and {F}erralsol) in {C}ote d'{I}voire. {I}n this 18-month diachronic study, we intensively measured soil functions under different scenarios as regards the management of logging residues and the use or not of a legume cover crop. {W}e investigated the relationship between soil macrofauna diversity and soil heath. {A}t both sites, clear-cutting and land preparation disturbed carbon transformation and nutrient cycling significantly and, to a lesser extent, structure maintenance function. {W}hen logging residues were applied, carbon transformation and structure maintenance functions were fully restored within 12 to 18 months after disturbance. {B}y contrast, no restoration of nutrient cycling was observed over the study period. {A} legume cover crop mainly improved the restoration of carbon transformation. {W}e found a strong relationship ({P} <= 0.001; {R}-2 = 0.62-0.66) between soil macrofauna diversity and soil health. {O}ur overall results were very similar at the two sites, despite their contrasting soil conditions. {K}eeping logging residues in the plots and sowing a legume in the inter-row at replanting accelerated the restoration of soil functions after major disturbance caused by clear-cutting and land preparation. {O}ur results confirm the necessity of taking soil macrofauna diversity into account in the management of tropical perennial crops.},
  keywords = {{R}ubber tree ; {S}oil health ; {S}oil biodiversity ; {L}ogging residue ; {D}isturbance ; {R}estoration ; {L}egume ; {COTE} {D}'{IVOIRE} ; {ZONE} {TROPICALE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{S}cience of the {T}otal {E}nvironment},
  volume = {816},
  numero = {},
  pages = {151526 [12 p.]},
  ISSN = {0048-9697},
  year = {2022},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151526},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010084496},
}