- Title
- Changes in soil physicochemical and water properties in response to exotic acacia invasion in a Bornean coastal heath forest
- Creator
- Ibrahim, Mohamad; Sukri, Rahayu; Tennakoon, Kushan; Rosli, Nurul; Metali, Faizah
- Date
- 2023
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/198008
- Identifier
- vital:18975
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s42729-023-01257-9
- Identifier
- ISSN:0718-9508 (ISSN)
- Abstract
- This study investigates the impacts of Acacia invasion on Bornean heath forest (HF) soils. Soil profiles and water properties at one soil depth (< 1 m) and physicochemical properties with Soil Fertility Index(SFI) and Soil Evaluation Factor (SEF) from the topsoil or three soil depths of Acacia-invaded and non-invaded HF were assessed. Acacia invasion modified soil profiles by producing thicker horizons O and B but waning horizon E. Thick leaf litter layer in invaded HF was associated with a significant decrease in soil bulk density, moisture, organic matter (OM), total organic carbon, water volume, and NH4+ but a significant increase in soil temperature, and soil water pH, NO3
- Publisher
- Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
- Relation
- Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition Vol. 23, no. 3 (2023), p. 3393-3406
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- Copyright © 2023, The Author(s)
- Rights
- Open Access
- Subject
- 3004 Crop and pasture production; 4106 Soil sciences; Invasive plants; Kerangas forest; Soil evaluation factor; Soil fertility index; Soil properties
- Full Text
- Reviewed
- Funder
- This project was funded by the Brunei Research Council (UBD/BRC/11) and the Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) research grant (UBD/PNC2/2/RG/1(204)), while MHI’s PhD study was supported by the UBD Graduate Research Scholarship
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