Eco-hidrological functions of riparian forests in intensity gradients of agricultural landscape management

• Grant number: 13/22679-5
• Support type: Regular Research Grants
• Duration: April 01, 2014 - November 30, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Forestry Resources and Forestry Engineering - Nature Conservation
• Principal researcher: Silvio Frosini de Barros Ferraz
• Grantee: Silvio Frosini de Barros Ferraz
• Home Institution: Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Forests have a large influence on the hydrological processes and they are the most important biotic component in the landscape for the conservation of hydrological processes. To describe the role of forests in the hydrological processes, it is necessary to understand the specific functions that it can offer, which encompass a set of environmental services. The riparian forest exerts an important role to guarantee some eco-hydrological processes that are fundamental for the conservation of water resources. However, our hypothesis is that riparian forests located in agricultural landscapes possess limited capacity to guarantee the eco-hydrological processes, due to its conservation status, proportion and also by the land use intensity performed in the agriculture/silviculture matrix. In this proposal we aim to investigate the role of riparian forests at different conditions in the mitigation of the effects originated in the agriculture/silviculture matrix. Three study areas will be considered in this proposal: Piracicaba (sugar-cane), Itatinga (eucalyptus), and Paragominas (pasture). These areas were selected due to infrastructure and material availability for the collection of eco-hydrological data in small catchments. We will evaluate the main mitigating functions of the riparian forests related to the negative impacts of the agricultural/silviculture matrix. Therefore, in the sugar cane it will be evaluated the nutrients and sediments input, in the eucalyptus it will be evaluated the hydrological regulation and sediments dynamics, and in the pasture it will be evaluated the input of organic matter in the streams. The stream metabolism will be evaluated in all agricultural matrix, while other eco-hydrological functions will be evaluated in the different matrix in order to understand the effectiveness of the riparian forests in each of these matrix, as well to generate a theoretical model about the mitigating capacity of the negative impacts generated in the matrix due to increase on land use management. The results may be useful to better understand the role of riparian forests in agricultural landscapes and how the legislation and forest restoration programs may contribute to mitigate the negative impacts from the agricultural matrix. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

CESAR, RICARDO G.; MORENO, VANESSA S.; COLETTA, GABRIEL D.; CHAZDON, ROBIN L.; FERRAZ, SILVIO F. B.; DE ALMEIDA, DANILO R. A.; BRANCALION, PEDRO H. S.. Early ecological outcomes of natural regeneration and tree plantations for restoring agricultural landscapes. Ecological Applications, v. 28, n. 2, p. 373-384, MAR 2018. (11/19767-4, 13/22679-5, 14/14503-7)

DE BARROS FERRAZ, SILVIO FROSINI; RODRIGUES, CAROLINA BOZETTI; GARCIA, LARA GABRIELLE; ALVARES, CLAYTON ALCARDE; LIMA, WALTER DE PAULA. Effects of Eucalyptus plantations on streamflow in Brazil: Moving beyond the water use debate. FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, v. 453, DEC 1 2019. (13/22679-5, 13/13243-9)

CESAR, RICARDO G.; MORENO, VANESSA DE S.; COLETTA, GABRIEL D.; SCHWEIZER, DANIELLA; CHAZDON, ROBIN L.; BARLOW, JOS; FERRAZ, SILVIO F. B.; CROUZEILLES, RENATO; BRANCALION, PEDRO H. S.. It is not just about time: Agricultural practices and surrounding forest cover affect secondary forest recovery in agricultural landscapes. Biotropica, v. 53, n. 2, JAN 2021. (17/05662-2, 11/19767-4, 14/14503-7, 13/22679-5, 11/06782-5)

FERRAZ, SILVIO F. B.; RODRIGUES, CAROLINA B.; GARCIA, LARA G.; PENA-SIERRA, DIANA; FRANSOZI, ALINE; OGASAWARA, MATHEUS E. K.; VASQUEZ, KATHERINE; MOREIRA, RILDO M.; CASSIANO, CARLA C.. How do management alternatives of fast-growing forests affect water quantity and quality in southeastern Brazil? Insights from a paired catchment experiment. Hydrological Processes, v. 35, n. 9, SEP 2021. (16/02877-5, 13/22679-5, 15/23719-6)

CARLA CRISTINA CASSIANO; RILDO MOREIRA E MOREIRA; SILVIO FROSINI DE BARROS FERRAZ. Fast-growing forest management to regulate the balance between wood production and water supply. Scientia Agricola, v. 80, 2022-02-18. (13/22679-5)

PUTTKER, THOMAS; CROUZEILLES, RENATO; ALMEIDA-GOMES, MAURICIO; SCHMOELLER, MARINA; MAURENZA, DANIEL; ALVES-PINTO, HELENA; PARDINI, RENATA; VIEIRA, MARCUS V.; BANKS-LEITE, CRISTINA; FONSECA, CARLOS R.; et al. Indirect effects of habitat loss via habitat fragmentation: A cross-taxa analysis of forest-dependent species. Biological Conservation, v. 241, JAN 2020. (14/09300-0, 05/00405-4, 14/10192-7, 06/04878-7, 08/03724-1, 11/06782-5, 04/04820-3, 14/14503-7, 13/50718-5, 11/19767-4, 08/01866-3, 13/22679-5, 14/14925-9, 99/09635-0)

TANIWAKI, RICARDO H.; FORTE, YURI A.; SILVA, GABRIELA O.; BRANCALION, PEDRO H. S.; COGUETO, CAROLINE V.; FILOSO, SOLANGE; FERRAZ, SILVIO F. B.. The Native Vegetation Protection Law of Brazil and the challenge for first-order stream conservation. PERSPECTIVES IN ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION, v. 16, n. 1, p. 49-53, JAN-MAR 2018. (11/19767-4, 14/11401-9, 13/22679-5, 12/03527-7)

CASSIANO, CARLA CRISTINA; SALEMI, LUIZ FELIPPE; GARCIA, LARA GABRIELLE; DE BARROS FERRAZ, SILVIO FROSINI. Harvesting strategies to reduce suspended sediments in streams in fast-growing forest plantations. ECOHYDROLOGY & HYDROBIOLOGY, v. 21, n. 1, p. 96-105, JAN 2021. (13/22679-5)

TANIWAKI, RICARDO HIDEO; CASSIANO, CARLA CRISTINA; FILOSO, SOLANGE; DE BARROS FERRAZ, SILVIO FROSINI; DE CAMARGO, PLINIO BARBOSA; MARTINELLI, LUIZ ANTONIO. Impacts of converting low-intensity pastureland to high-intensity bioenergy cropland on the water quality of tropical streams in Brazil. Science of The Total Environment, v. 584, p. 339-347, APR 15 2017. (13/22679-5, 11/19767-4, 12/03527-7)