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Litterfall Production and Decomposition in Tropical and Subtropical Mangroves: Research Trends and Interacting Effects of Biophysical, Chemical, and Anthropogenic Factors
The present systematic literature review (SLR) synthesized the literature on mangrove litterfall production and decomposition from studies published...
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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 production modeling based on climatic variables and nutrient return from stands of Eucalyptus grandis Hill ex Maiden and Pinus taeda L.
Native grasslands in the Pampas of South America are increasingly being replaced by Eucalyptus and Pinus stands. The short rotation regimes used for...
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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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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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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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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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Balancing litterfall and decomposition in cacao agroforestry systems
Backgrounds and aimsLitter protects the underlying soil, depending on litterfall and decomposition, but dynamics of the standing litter stock in...
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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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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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Litter production and leaf nutrient concentration and remobilization in response to climate seasonality in the central Amazon
Litterfall is the largest source of nutrients to forest soils of tropical rainforests. However, variability in litterfall production, nutrient...
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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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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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Litter decomposition of six tree species on indigenous agroforestry farms in south-eastern Ethiopia in relation to litterfall carbon inputs and modelled soil respiration
The indigenous agroforestry systems practised by smallholders in south-eastern Ethiopia have high biodiversity and productivity. However, little is...
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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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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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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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Effect of Mangrove Complexity and Environmental Variables on Fish Assemblages Across a Tropical Estuarine Channel of the Mexican Pacific
It is assumed that the structural complexity of mangroves plays a determining role on fish assemblages in that ecosystem. However, there is limited...
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Enhanced leaf turnover and nitrogen recycling sustain CO2 fertilization effect on tree-ring growth
Whether increased photosynthates under elevated atmospheric CO 2 could translate into sustained biomass accumulation in forest trees remains...
