Promoting sustainable land-use management: water, carbon and nutrient turnover

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Promoting sustainable land-use management:
water, carbon and nutrient turnover

Dirk Hölscher &

Pak Soekisman

Tadulako University Palu

Bogor Agricultural University

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Objectives
• Present key results

• Draw conclusions for agricultural and forest
management

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Land use types & land use gradients

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Aboveground biomass, premontane natural forests

Hertel et al. 2009
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Bogor Agricultural University

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Tree cover (%)
Steffan-Dewenter et al., 2007
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Meteorological flux tower in
a montane rainforest, Bariri

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Measured net ecosystem exchange flux Fc,
extrapolated respiration flux RE, and
the sum of both fluxes Pg (gross photosynthesis)
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Ecosystem Respiration 1760 g C m-2 year-1
RE

6

CO2 flux (g (C) m-2 d-1)

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2

0

Net turbulent uptake 970 g C m-2 year-1
-2

Fb


-4

-6

-8

Pg

Gross photosynthesis 2730 g C m-2 year-1

-10

OCT ' 03

JAN ' 04

APR

JUL


OCT

JAN ' 05

MAR

Ibrom et al., 2007
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Bogor Agricultural University

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CO2 fluxes between the atmosphere: forest vs. cacao

Ibrom et al., 2007
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Bogor Agricultural University

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Land use types and net ecosystem productivities:
scenarios

Olchev et al., 2008
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Bogor Agricultural University

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Land use types and net ecosystem productivities:
model results

Olchev et al., 2008
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Bogor Agricultural University

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Fluxes of sensible (H) and latent (E) energy:
forest vs. cacao

Ibrom et al., 2007

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Bogor Agricultural University

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Sap flux of cacao and shade trees

Köhler et al. 2009

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Bogor Agricultural University

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Cacao tree water use vs. canopy gap fraction

Shade trees enhanced water use
by cacao trees

(R2adj = 0.39, p = 0.043, n = 9)

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Köhler et al. 2009

Bogor Agricultural University

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Gumbasa river watershed
³

#

Catchment size:

c

1275 km²

/#

c
c

c
c
c
c

River discharge

c

³
#

c#³

³
#

³
#

c

R2 = 0.86

c
c

c

/# c

R²=0.83

0

³
#
/#

c
c

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auto m atic s tage recorde r

automatic stage recorder
stage recorder - Fo restry departm ent
stage
recorder – Forestry
clim ate
station station
climate
climate
station
STORMA
clim ate station
- S TOR
M A project

20 Kilometers

main irriga tion channel

main irrigation chanel
re Li nd u National
Parc
LoreLoLindu
National
Park
PALU R IVER w atershed
Palu river watershed

Gerold & Leemhuis 2008
Gauging stations

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Modeling discharge of the river discharge, Gumbasa
watershed: effects of land cover change
Discharge (2003):

status quo 2003:

590 mm

land use scenario A1: 838 mm

+ 42%

 1200m annual crops

Land use scenario A2: 724 mm

+ 23%

 1200m change into cacao

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discharge [mm d-1]

14
12

actual land use
land use scenario A1
land use scenario A2

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8
6
4
2

3
01
/1

1/
0

3
01
/0

9/
0

3
01
/0

7/
0

3
01
/0

5/
0

3
3/
0
01
/0

01
/0

1/
0

3

0

Gerold & Leemhuis 2008
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Modeled run off components
8

Direct flow

-1

Discharge (mm d )

7

Interflow

6

Base flow

5
4
3
2

1
0
Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

2003

Kleinhans et al. 2004
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Bogor Agricultural University

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Nutrient balance of maize and agroforest

Dechert et al., 2004
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Summary
land use types & land use gradients


High carbon storage in forests of Sulwesi



High carbon uptake by forest



Shade trees enhance transpiration from agrofrests



River discharge change with land cover change suggested



Agroforestry strongly benefits from nitrogen input by N
fixing shade trees

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Implications


Very important to conserve remaining forests



Shade trees positively influence cacao cultivation

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Drought experiments

Premontane rainforest
Cacao/Gliricidia agroforest

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Cacao-Gliricidia agroforest

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80% of plot area was covered by plastic panels (March 07- mid April 08);

n=3 roof (treatment) plots, n=3 control plots

M. Köhler

G Moser

Tadulako University Palu

Bogor Agricultural University

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Soil water content

Tree sap flux

Cacao bean
yield
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Litterfall
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Cacao bean dry mass (kg ha-1 2wk-1)

Cacao yield
Roof closure
120

Desiccation period Rewetting period

100
Control
80

-55%, p0.05
20

*

0
March

May

July

Sep

2007

Nov

Jan

March

May

2008

Moser et al. under review
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Bogor Agricultural University

July

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Roof Cacao
to control ratio

1.2
1.0
0.8
0.6
0.0

-11%, p>0.05
Roof closure

Soil
storage
(mm)
Soilwater
water
storage
(mm)

Sap flux cacao

Soil water storage and cacao water use

600
500
400

Control
Mean±SD, n=3
Roof

300

- 40%, p < 0.05)

0
01Feb07

01Jun07
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01Feb08
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Complementary use of soil water
deuterium signal

Plant water

ACacao

B

Gliricidia

0.0- 0.1

Soil water (depth in m)

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0.1- 0.3

0.3- 0.5

0.5- 0.7

0.7- 1.0

Cacao
-70

Gliricidia
-60

-50

δ D (‰)

-40 -70

-60

-50

-40

δ D (‰)

Schwendenmann et al. 2009
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Bogor Agricultural University

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Water uptake depth cacao and Glricidia
Proportion of water uptake from a given soil depth interval (%)

0

Soil depth interval (cm)

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20

40

60

80

100

0-30
Cacao Jan 07
Gliricidia Jan 07

30-100

Schwendenmann, unpublished
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Root water potential
Cacao

Gliricidia
0

Control

Root water potential (bar)

Root water potential (bar)

0
-2
-4
-6
-8
-10

Roof

-12
-14

Cacao
R

C

Feb 07

-2
-4
-6
-8
-10
-12
-14

R

C

July 07

R

C

Aug 07

R

C

Sep 07

R

C

Mar 08

Gliricidia
R

C

R

C

R

C

R

C

R

C

Feb 07 Jul 07 Aug 07 Sep 07 Mar 08

Osmotic adjustment in cacao
Moser et al. under review
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CO2 soil efflux

CO2 efflux (Mg C m-1 h-1)

Period of roof closure

Experiment period

Van Straaten, unpublished
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Bogor Agricultural University

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CO2 efflux (Mg C m-1 h-1)

CO2 efflux response to soil moisture

(Adj R2 = 0.338, n = 94)

Van Straaten, unpublished
Volumetric water content (m3 m-3)

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Summary
cacao drought experiment


Cacao yield was little influenced for several months; a strong
(~50%) reduction was observed at the end of the experiment



Little response of tree water use to drought



Cacao and Glriricidia trees use soil water resources complementary



Small effects of drought on soil CO2 efflux

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Implications


Cacao is a suitable crop even where short dry spells occur



Shade trees: no negative effect on cacao tree performance

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Forest

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0.7

vol. soil water content Pono ( )

Soil moisture

Throughfall displacement period

0.5
0.3

0.4

3

3

(m m )

0.6

Roof closure

10 cm

40cm control
40cm roof

40 cm

0.5
0.5
0.3

0.4

3

3

(m m )

0.6

0.7

0.3

0.4

3

3

(m m )

0.6

0.7

10cm control
10cm roof

150cm control
150cm roof

06/2007
03/2007
06/2007

150 cm

09/2007 12/2007

03/2008 06/2008
06/2008 09/2008

Tadulako University Palu

Köhler, unpublished
12/2008 03/20096/2009
06/2009

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Sap flux: all trees

Js Ratio roof over control

Complete dataset: roof plots devided by control plots
1.0
0.9
0.8
0.7
0.6
0.5
0.4
0

25

50

75

100

125

150

175

200

225

250

275

300

325

Day of year 2008

Schuldt, unpublished
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Bogor Agricultural University

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Stem wood production (2nd year)
Stem wood production (Mg ha-1 yr-1)

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10
8
6
4
2
0
Control

Tadulako University Palu

Roof

Moser, unpublished

Bogor Agricultural University

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CO2 soil efflux
CO2 efflux (Mg C m-1 h-1)

Period of roof closure

Experiment period

Van Straaten, unpublished
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Bogor Agricultural University

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CO2 efflux (Mg C m-1 h-1)

CO2 soil efflux vs. soil moisture

(Adj R2 = 0.79, n = 93)

Van Straaten, unpublished
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Bogor Agricultural University

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Summary
forest drought experiment


Little response in tree sap flux to drought



Tree diameter growth was significantly reduced



Strong effect of drought on soil CO2 efflux

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Overall summary
• Old-growth forest is to be conserved
• Agroforestry is a promissing option in postforest landscapes
• Shade trees play a central role in cacao
cultivation

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