Spatial variability of soil physical and chemical aspects in a Brazil nut tree stand in the Brazilian Amazon.

The Brazil nut is considered one of the noblest trees of the Amazon biome and contains social, ecologic and economic importance to this region. The study of the spatial variance of the edaphic properties in native nut trees can direct future researches about more efficient samplings. The Geostatistics is the methodology utilized for this type of study, once that it considers the structural and random characteristics of a variable spatially distributed. This work sought to get a higher knowledge about the distribution of the nutrients in the soil, verifying the relationship with the occurrence of this species, to thereby provide subsidies to future forest management and maintenance/enlargement of the productivity in these areas. The soil samples were collected from 30 × 30 m on the line, in all of the lines in part of the study, totaling 60 samples. All of the points were georeferenced. The preparation of the samples for the sample preparation for the chemical analysis and the methods and calculations to determine the physicochemical variables studied were described by Nogueira and Souza (2005). The statistical and geostatistical analysis were conducted using the R computational environment, version 3.2.2. Most of the studied variables presented defined level. For the physical variables, there was predominance of the adjustment to the model of the gaussian variogram, follower by the spherical model. In the case of the chemical variables, there were two occurrences for each adjustment model (spherical, exponential and gaussian). The variables that best presented spatial relation with the occurrence of Brazil nut trees were the silt, clay, macroporosity, pH, phosphorus, zinc and copper.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	GUERREIRO, Q. L. de M., OLIVEIRA JUNIOR, R. C. de, SANTOS, G. R. dos, RUIVO, M. de L. P., BELDINI, T. P., CARVALHO, E. J. M., SILVA, K. E. da, GUEDES, M. C., SANTOS, P. R. B.
Other Authors:	Quêzia Leandro de Moura Guerreiro, GRADUANDA UFPA; RAIMUNDO COSME DE OLIVEIRA JUNIOR, CPATU; Gérson Rodrigues dos Santos, UFV; Maria de Lourdes Pinheiro Ruivo, MPEG; Troy Patrick Beldini, UFOPA; EDUARDO JORGE MAKLOUF CARVALHO, CPATU; KATIA EMIDIO DA SILVA, CPAA; MARCELINO CARNEIRO GUEDES, CPAF-AP; Paulo Roberto Brasil Santos, UFOPA.
Format:	Artigo de periódico biblioteca
Language:	English eng
Published:	2017-03-07
Subjects:	Geoestatística, Castanha do Brasil, Propriedades físicas, Propriedades químicas., Solo.,
Online Access:	http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/alice/handle/doc/1066425
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