Land-Use Change Impacts on Soil Processes

Francis Q. Brearley, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK Andrew D. Thomas, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

• 1: Land-use Change Impacts on Soil Processes in Tropical and Savannah Ecosystems: An Introduction 2: Effects of Land-use Changes on Biochemical and Microbial Parameters in Soils of the Andaman Islands, India 3: Evaluating the Impact of Oil Palm Agriculture and Logging on Soil Microbial Communities in South-east Asia 4: Microbial Functioning in Response to a Simulated Drought in Malaysian Rain Forest and Oil Palm Soils 5: Impact of Land-use Changes in the Amazon on Bacterial Diversity, Composition and Distribution 6: Acidification of Tropical Soils under Forest and Continuous Cropping in Thailand and Indonesia 7: The Importance of Soil Quality in the Safe Practice of Urban Agriculture in Zimbabwe, Kenya and South Africa 8: Urbanisation and Soil Nutrient Challenges and Opportunities: Lessons from Malawian Cities 9: Impact of Gold Mining on Mercury Contamination and Soil Degradation in Amazonian Ecosystems of French Guiana 10: Erosion and Sedimentation Effects on Soil Organic Carbon Redistribution in a Complex Landscape in Western Ecuador 11: Pastoralism and Kalahari Rangeland Soils 12: Changes in Soil Properties with Sugarcane Cropping in Mauritius 13: Patterns and Drivers of Soil Carbon Stocks And Isotopic Composition in Secondary Tropical Dry Forests of Costa Rica 14: Conversion of Pastures into Tectona grandis Plantations in Western Panamá: Effects on Soil Properties and the Mechanisms Underlying these Changes 15: Land-use Change Impacts on Soil Processes in Tropical and Savannah Ecosystems: Emerging Themes and Future Research Directions