In Amazonian Ecuador, land-use change from tropical rainforest to different productive
purposes is leading to irreversible situations from an environmental perspective. The …

Abstract In the Colombian Amazon, the provision of soil-based ecosystem services is
threatened mainly by loss of plant cover. Methodologies are required that allow for a holistic …

Few studies have comprehensively evaluated the effect of changing land use on the soil
quality in the Ecuadorian Amazon region that is subject to continued deforestation …

The challenges of food security rely on highly technical productive systems. Monocultures,
on the other hand, are reliant on a high input load, negatively impact soil conservation …

Soil organic matter (SOM), which influences chemical, physical and biological soil attributes,
is the main form of C found in the soil which can also be used as a soil sustainability index …

Soil quality or health is a fuzzy concept that has been vigorously criticized due to the
extreme variability of soil and the difficulty of linking soil indicators to soil functions and …

Successional processes in abandoned pastures in the Amazon region have been well-
documented for the floristic component; however, soil succession has been poorly studied …

Land use change is a global threat to soil quality and related ecosystem services. In
Colombian Amazon, forest-cleared lands are predominantly covered by low-input and …

Western Amazon has the highest forest biodiversity in the world; however, farming, pasture,
or subsistence farming has cleared extensive forest areas, impacting soil quality. This study …

Deforestation in Amazon region generates important changes in the landscape; for this
reason, agroforestry systems have been used to mitigate its impacts. Therefore, we …