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Effects of fire and edges on plant litterfall in a Neotropical rainforest, Brazil
Anthropogenic forest fires are occurring with increasing frequency in tropical forests, with negative consequences for a variety of ecological...
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Disentangling the effects of region, forest-management intensity and plant diversity on litterfall quantity, quality and turnover in temperate forests
PurposeSimultaneous effects of more than one global change driver on ecosystem functioning have rarely been assessed.
MethodsWe disentangled the...
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Nutrient fluxes via litterfall in silver birch (Betula pendula Roth) stands growing on post-arable soils
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the importance of litterfall as a link in biogeochemical cycling of certain elements (C, N, P, K, Ca, Mg,...
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Decomposition of Coniferous Litterfall in Soils Forming under Artificial Pine Stands in Eastern Fennoscandia
AbstractField studies have been conducted in eastern Fennoscandia, where soils are represented by illuvial–ferruginous sandy podzols. This paper...
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Effect of Industrial Airborne Pollution on the Chemical Composition of Pine Needle Litterfall at the Northern Distribution Limit of Pine Forests
AbstractThis paper examines the chemical composition of Scots pine litterfall in north taiga pine forests in background conditions and under the...
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Nitrogen addition promotes foliar litterfall and element return in a subtropical forest, southwestern China
Nitrogen deposition has a considerable impact on biogeochemical cycling in terrestrial ecosystems. However, how litter production and element return...
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Hurricane-Induced Massive Nutrient Return via Tropical Dry Forest Litterfall: Has Forest Biogeochemistry Resilience Changed?
High-intensity hurricane disturbances have severe consequences on forest structure and functioning. Through wind force and heavy rainfall, they cause...
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Looking beyond leaves: variation in nutrient leaching potential of seasonal litterfall among different species within an urban forest
Urban litterfall that is deposited on impervious surface leaches nutrients into stormwater, contributing to downstream eutrophication. Previous...
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Total litterfall and leaf-litter decomposition of Theobroma grandiflorum under different agroforestry systems in the western Colombian Amazon
The change in land use from forest to pasture has generated negative effects on the biological, physical and chemical attributes of the soil in the...
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Pattern of Litterfall Production Throughout a Tropical Humid Forest Chronosequence
Neotropical landscapes are often characterized as mosaics of actively grazed pastures and forest fragments at various stages of succession. Restoring...
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Litterfall in Andean Forests: Quantity, Composition, and Environmental Drivers
Litterfall is the most easily and most frequently measured part of net primary productivity (NPP) of forests. It has been shown that litterfall...
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Litterfall seasonal dynamics and leaf-litter turnover in cocoa agroforests established on past forest lands or savannah
Nutrient cycling in cocoa agroforestry systems (cAFS) is complex and poorly understood. To better understand the mass flow of carbon and nutrients...
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Soil organic matter components and characteristics of forest soil in spruce and sycamore plantations in the temperate region
The stability of soil organic matter (SOM) that governs soil organic carbon (SOC) storage depends on its characteristics and components, but little...
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Leaf litter dominance components respond to temporal variation in a tropical riparian zone
Temporal scale and biodiversity components define how temporal variation influences biodiversity. For Brazilian Savannah riparian zones, litter input...
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Carbon and nutrient cycling in cocoa agroforests under organic and conventional management
In cocoa agroforestry systems, cycling of leaves, pods, and branches are key for organic matter sustenance. We investigated annual total litterfall,...
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Concentration characteristics and the drivers of soluble components in freshly fallen plant litter
Soluble components leach rapidly during the early stage of litter decomposition and represent the earliest nutrient input to the soils after leaf...
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Litterfall dynamics and soil carbon and nitrogen stocks in the Brazilian palm swamp ecosystems
BackgroundThis study aimed to determine the litterfall production, accumulation, decomposition rate and nutrient stocks, and to estimate the soil...
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Carbon Stocks and Transfers in Coniferous Boreal Forests Along a Latitudinal Gradient
Carbon (C) sequestrated in the boreal forest ecosystems plays an important role in climate regulation. This study’s objectives were to quantify the...
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Site and plant community parameters drive the effect of vegetation on litterfall and nutrient inputs in restored tropical forests
Background and aimsRestoring healthy ecosystem depends on recovering not only biodiversity, but also ecosystem processes and functionality. We...
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Carbon concentrations and carbon storage capacity of three old-growth forests in the Sila National Park, Southern Italy
Old-growth forests play a key-role in reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) concentrations by storing large CO 2 amounts in biomass and soil over...
