RT Journal Article
T1 Impact of vineyard abandonment and natural recolonization on metal content and availability in Mediterranean soils
A1 Santiago Martín, Ana De
A1 Vaquero-Perea, Cristina
A1 Valverde Asenjo, María Inmaculada
A1 Quintana Nieto, José Ramón
A1 González Huecas, Concepción
A1 López Lafuente, Antonio Leovigildo
A1 Vázquez de la Cueva, Antonio
AB Abandonment of vineyards after uprooting has dramatically increased in last decades inMediterranean countries, often followed by vegetation expansion processes. Inadequate management strategies can have negative consequenceson soil quality.We studied howthe age and type of vegetation cover and several environmental characteristics (lithology, soil properties, vineyard slope and so on) after vineyard uprooting and abandonment contribute to the variation patterns in total, HAc (acetic acid-method, HAc) and EDTA-extractable (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid-method) concentrations of Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn in soils. We sampled 141 points from vineyards and abandoned vineyard Mediterranean soils recolonized by natural vegetation in recent decades. The contribution of several environmental variables (e.g. age and type of vegetation cover, lithology, soil properties and vineyard slope) to the total and extractable concentrations ofmetals was evaluated by canonical ordination based on redundancy analysis, considering the interaction between both environmental and response variables. The ranges of total metal contents were: 0.01–0.15 (Cd), 2.6–34 (Cu), 6.6–30 (Pb), and 29– 92 mg kg−1 (Zn). Cadmium (11–100%) had the highest relative extractability with both extractants, and Zn and Pb the lowest. The total and EDTA-extractable of Cd, Pb and Znwere positively related to the age of abandonment, to the presence of Agrostis castellana and Retama sphaerocarpa, and to the contents of Fe-oxides, clay and organic matter (OM). A different pattern was noted for Cu, positively related to vineyard soils. Soil Properties successfully explained HAc-extractable Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn but the age and type of vegetation cover lost significance. Clay content was negatively related to HAc-extractable Cu and Pb; and OM was positively related to HAc-Cd and Zn. In conclusion, the time elapsed after vineyard uprooting, and subsequent land abandonment, affects the soil content and availability of metals, and this impact depended on the colonizing plant species and soil properties.
PB Elsevier
SN 0048-9697
YR 2016
FD 2016-05
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/107273
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/107273
LA eng
NO De Santiago-Martín, Ana, et al. «Impact of Vineyard Abandonment and Natural Recolonization on Metal Content and Availability in Mediterranean Soils». Science of The Total Environment, vol. 551-552, mayo de 2016, pp. 57-65. DOI.org (Crossref), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.01.185.
NO Comunidad de Madrid
DS Docta Complutense
RD 10 abr 2025