Thus, in our study region in Jambi, Indonesia, which is
dominated by highly weathered Acrisol soils, it is important to consider
the systematic spatial pattern of soil texture at a landscape scale when
investigating the extent of nutrient changes from land-use conversion.
A recent study conducted in the same lowland landscapes as our present
study found that SOC stock losses from forest conversion to oil
palm and rubber plantations are firstly hinged on the initial levels of
SOC in the reference land use (i.e., forest) and secondly controlled by
the clay contents of the soil (van Straaten et al., 2015). Forest soils
with higher SOC aremore susceptible to SOC losses while SOC stabilization
is influenced by clay content