Effects of Eucalyptus camaldulensis Tree Plantation on Indigenous Trees and Soil Properties in North Western Ethiopia

cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationAmhara Regional Agricultural Research Institute, Ethiopiaen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationBahir Dar Universityen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationWorld Agroforestry Centreen_US
cg.contributor.crpForests, Trees and Agroforestryen_US
cg.coverage.countryEthiopiaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ETen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.20372/ajst.2019.4.1.87en_US
cg.identifier.urlhttps://journals.wu.edu.et/index.php/ajst/article/view/87/49en_US
cg.issn2616-471Xen_US
cg.issue1en_US
cg.journalAbyssinia Journal of Science and Technologyen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.volume4en_US
dc.contributor.authorKassa, G.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMolla, E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAbiyu, A.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-29T03:14:56Zen_US
dc.date.available2021-04-29T03:14:56Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/113579en_US
dc.titleEffects of Eucalyptus camaldulensis Tree Plantation on Indigenous Trees and Soil Properties in North Western Ethiopiaen_US
dcterms.abstractWidespread deforestation demanded proportional restoration initiative either through an active plantation of fast-growing tree species or passive restoration, which depend on natural regeneration of the land. This study aimed at characterizing the impacts of Eucalyptus plantation on woody plant species and selected soil physicochemical properties, the adjacent natural forest was considered as a reference. Data was collected by using plots established on transect lines inside the plantation and adjacent forests. Diversity indices were used for the analysis of vegetation data. Seventy-one woody plant species (33 Eucalyptus and 63 natural forests) were determined with a density of 404/ha in plantation and 635/ha in the natural forests. The basal area was 4.9 m2 /ha in plantation and 24.5 m2 /ha in natural. The regeneration status in the plantation was 699 seedlings and 344 saplings/ha while the natural forest had 1117 seedlings and 390 saplings/ha. Fourteen plant species were recovered from the soil seed bank, 12 in natural and 7 in plantation. Soil seed bank was not similar in the two forests with Sorenson’s similarity values of 0.208. There were 11,022 seeds/m2 in natural forest and 10,667 seeds/m2 in plantation forests in the soil seed bank. The soil carbon, nitrogen, and potassium were significantly higher in natural forests as compared to plantation. The Cation exchange capacity and soil available phosphorus were found to be statistically similar. The pH of plantation forest was significantly lower than the natural forest. Furthermore, fostering effect of Eucalyptus plantation on native woody species and increase the biodiversity in northwestern Ethiopia.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationKassa, G., Molla, E. and Abiyu, A., 2019. Effects of Eucalyptus camaldulensis Tree Plantation on Indigenous Trees and Soil Properties in North Western Ethiopia. Abyssinia Journal of Science and Technology, 4(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.20372/ajst.2019.4.1.87en_US
dcterms.extent1-10en_US
dcterms.issued2019-12-30en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en_US
dcterms.subjectdeforestationen_US
dcterms.subjectecological restorationen_US
dcterms.subjecttree plantingen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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