Soil functioning indicators decline with land-use intensification in the Peruvian Amazon: evidence from Ucayali
Carlos Abanto‐Rodríguez·Hipólito Murga-Orrillo·Joao Luiz Lopes Monteiro Neto·Noé Ramírez-Flores·Dennis Del Castillo Torres·Juan Carlos Guerra Blas·Héctor Guerra Arévalo·Nadia Masaya Panduro Tenazoa·Diego Gonzalo García Soria·Jorge Manuel Revilla-Chávez·Wilson Francisco Guerra Arévalo·Roberto Tadashi Sakasaki·John Alison Bravo Nieto·María Fernanda Moya Ambrosio
Introduction Rapid land-use change in the Peruvian Amazon threatens soil processes that sustain productivity and ecosystem resilience. This study assessed soil functioning indicators along a land-use intensification gradient in Ucayali, Peru. Methods We evaluated physicochemical (texture fractions, pH, organic matter, cation-exchange capacity, carbon, and micronutrients) and biological indicators (cultivable microbial groups, microbial biomass carbon, respiration, and macrofauna) from 54 indepen