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Modelling agroforestry systems of cacao (Theobroma cacao) with laurel (Cordia alliodora) and cacao with poro (Erythrina poeppigiana) in Costa Rica

IV. Water balances, nutrient inputs and leaching

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The hydrological balances for the agroforestry systems of Theobroma cacao with Cordia alliodora or Erythrina poeppigiana were calculated using measurements taken over four years (1983–1987) of the following parameters: climatic (precipitation, evaporation); edaphological (texture, soil moisture tension, hydraulic conductivity, variations in soil moisture content). Water fluxes (interception, simulation of transpiration and percolation) were estimated from one year of measurements (1986–1987).

Weekly samples of percolated water were taken from March 1986 – March 1987 using lysimetric capsules at 100 cm soil depth. N, P, K, Ca and Mg concentrations were determined to calculate the annual leaching losses. Nutrient concentration values were extrapolated for the whole 4 years observation period, in order to calculate leaching losses for the whole study period. Precipitation samples were also taken to determine the corresponding annual nutrient inputs.

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  1. IUCN/CATIE Project, Turrialba, Costa Rica

    A. C. Imbach (graduate student)

  2. Technical Forest Faculty, Göttingen, Federal Republic of Germany

    H. W. Fassbender (Professor)

  3. Agroforestry program, CATIE, Turrialba, Costa Rica

    R. Borel

  4. GTZ/CATIE — Agroforestry project, Turrialba, Costa Rica

    J. Beer (Scientist)

  5. GTZ/CATIE — Agroforestry project, Turrialba, Costa Rica

    A. Bonmnemann (Coordinator)

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Imbach, A.C., Fassbender, H.W., Borel, R. et al. Modelling agroforestry systems of cacao (Theobroma cacao) with laurel (Cordia alliodora) and cacao with poro (Erythrina poeppigiana) in Costa Rica. Agroforest Syst 8, 267–287 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00129654

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