Soil Health Changes Over a 25-Year Chronosequence From Forest to Plantations in Rubber Tree (Hevea brasiliensis) Landscapes in Southern Côte d'Ivoire: Do Earthworms Play a Role?

Soil Health Changes Over a 25-Year Chronosequence From Forest to Plantations in Rubber Tree (Hevea brasiliensis) Landscapes in Southern Côte d'Ivoire: Do Earthworms Play a Role?

The agro-ecological drawbacks of the spread of rubber tree plantations in Côte d'Ivoire since the 1990's are obvious even though they have not been properly investigated. They consist of biodiversity loss, land degradation and food insecurity, which have extended into the existing cocoa-le...

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Main Authors: Jérôme E. Tondoh, Kangbéni Dimobe, Arnauth M. Guéi, Léontine Adahe, Yannick Baidai, Julien K. N'Dri, Gerald Forkuor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Environmental Science
Subjects:
biodiversity
earthworms
functional groups
land use change
soil degradation
soil threats
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fenvs.2019.00073/full

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