Modelagem geoestatística da distribuição de carbono do solo e biomassa de herbáceas em sistema silvopastoril

Abstract

Studies of some semiarid regions have pointed the beneficial effect of certain tree species in silvopastoral systems, by promoting the formation of soil fertility and increase the sustainability of agricultural productivity. In this study, we selected three tree species found in pastures of Grass buffel Cenchrus ciliaris, juazeiro Zyziphus joazeiro, umbuzeiro Spondias tuberosa and algaroba Prosopis juliflora caatinga, exclusively Brazilian biome, concentrated in the Northeast region of Brazil. The semivariogram is the central part of geostatistical studies, able to describe the spatial variation, besides being the key point in the data interpolation by kriging. Hence the importance of setting and selection of models. This study was conducted on an experimental farm in Custody silvopastoril PE, which we evaluated the differences in the chemical characteristics of the soil and herbaceous understory, between areas under and outside the canopy of these trees. Soil samples (0-15 cm) and the herbaceous layer were collected for evaluation of carbon storage and biomass of herbaceous and spatial dependence of these variables. Tree species were included in Algarobas cultivated fields, and the juazeiro umbuzeiro were already included on the site in order to explain whether the tree species or buffel grass can maintain and / or preserve soil carbon, also checking the growth of grass in region studies, classifying and mapping the spatial dependence is observed data with their probabilities.