Efecto del uso agropecuario y forestal en la clasificación de suelos en terrazas de Huimanguillo, Tabasco, México
Effect of agricultural and forestry use on soil classification in the terraces of Huimanguillo, Tabasco, Mexico
Isabel Vázquez-Negrín1, Joel Zavala-Cruz1,*, David Jesús Palma-López1, Marivel Domínguez-Domínguez4, Rufo Sánchez-Hernández2, Eugenio Carrillo-Ávila3
1 Colegio de Postgraduados, Campus Tabasco. Periférico Carlos A. Molina S/N, 86500, Cárdenas, Tabasco, México.
2 División Académica de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco. Carretera Villahermosa-Teapa km 25, Ranchería La Huasteca, 86280, Villahermosa, Tabasco, México.
3 Colegio de Postgraduados, Campus Campeche. Km 17.5 Carretera Federal Haltunchén-Edzná, Montecillo, Sihochac, 24450, Champotón, Campeche, México.
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Cómo citar este artículo:
Vázquez-Negrín, I., Zavala-Cruz, J., Palma-López, D. J., Domínguez-Domínguez, M., Sánchez-Henrnández, R. y Carrillo-Ávila, E. (2026). Efecto del uso agropecuario y forestal en la clasificación de suelos en terrazas de Huimanguillo, Tabasco, México. Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana, 78(1), A190825. https://doi.org/10.18268/BSGM2026v78n1A190825
Manuscrito recibido: 12 de agosto, 2024. Manuscrito corregido: 16 de julio, 2025. Manuscrito aceptado: 7 de agosto, 2025.
ABSTRACT
Land degradation alters soil properties, although it is not always clear whether these changes affect soil classification. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of agricultural and forest land use on soil classification in the terraces of Huimanguillo, Tabasco. Four land uses were examined: rubber plantation (Hevea brasiliensis), pasture (Brachiaria humidi-cola), lime cultivation (Citrus latifolia), and secondary vegetation, all located under similar conditions of topography, parent material, time, and climate. In each land use, four soil profiles were described and samples were collected by horizon. Physical and chemical properties were determined in accordance with NOM-021-RECNAT-2000, and soil classification was performed using the WRB 2022 system. ANOVAs and Tukey tests (p < 0.05) were applied to assess differences in the A horizon. The soils were classified as Umbrisols (12 sites) and Lixisols (4 sites). Umbrisols exhibited the principal qualifiers Acric and Lixic, and the supplementary qualifiers Humic, Ferralic, Eutric, and Chromic. Lixisols showed the prin-cipal qualifiers Chromic and Ferralic, and the supplementary qualifiers Cutanic, Differentic, and Humic. The A horizon of Umbrisols dis-played greater thickness, porosity, organic matter content, and cation exchange capacity, whereas Lixisols showed higher chroma, bulk density, and sodium content. These differences are attributed to vegetation cover and the presence of tree vegetation older than 20 years, which favors the conservation of Umbrisols, while cultivation practices involving the removal of herbaceous vegetation have induced physical and chemical degradation in Lixisols. Land-use change has affected soil classification at the group level.
Keywords: tropical crops, acidic soils, soil environmental func-tions, soil degradation, low hills.