The dramatic increase in soil degradation in the last few decades has led to the need to
identify methods to define not only soil quality but also, in a holistic approach, soil health. In …

Background Agroforestry systems have enhanced diversity of cultivated plants compared to
monocultures, and are expected to affect associated biodiversity. Despite a growing body of …

La macrofauna edáfica como parte de la biodiversidad terrestre contribuye con importantes
servicios ecosistémicos, entre los más relevantes, el secuestro y la liberación del carbono …

The objective of our work was to evaluate soil quality in different cacao agroforestry systems
(AFS) in the Colombian Amazon. We compared soil quality of AFS at the study site with soil …

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 …

Silvopastoral systems (SPS), an integrated farming system in which tropical grasses are
combined with trees and shrubs, have been implemented in the last years in the Amazon …

Objetivo: Determinar la relación entre algunas propiedades químicas, físicas y biológicas
del suelo y el componente vegetal en agroecosistemas de pastizales de la provincia …

Caquetá, Colombia, has a bovine population of 1,809,702 head, of which 88% are in dual
purpose livestock systems; it ranks fifth in milk production at the national level. The aim of …

Given the influence of edaphic macrofauna in the physical, chemical, and biological
processes that sustain the organic matter cycle in the soil of tropical ecosystems, this study …

Slash-and-burn agriculture has been practiced for thousands of years in the tropics and is
sustainable in conditions of low population density, and long fallow. However, the …