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Nutrient cycling in two south-east Brazilian forests. I Litterfall and litter standing crop

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

L Patricia  and
C Morellato
L Patricia
Affiliation:
Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Caixa Postal 199, Rio Claro 13500, São Paulo, Brazil
C Morellato
Affiliation:
Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Caixa Postal 199, Rio Claro 13500, São Paulo, Brazil
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Abstract

Litterfall (leaves, woody < 5 cm diameter, flowers and fruits) was estimated monthly using 20 litter traps, each 1 m2, and litter standing crops were collected every three months using 20 samples of 0 5 m2, for Altitudinal forest (AF) and Semideciduous forest (SF) in south-east Brazil (Serra do Japi, Jundiaí, Sāo Paulo State) from March 1985 to March 1986 The total litterfall was 7 t ha−1 for AF: 4 9 leaves, 1 8 woody, 0 13 flower, 0 16 fruits; and the total for SF was 8 6 t ha−1 y−1: 5 5 leaves, 2 1 woody, 0 5 flower, 0 4 fruits Litter standing crop was 5 5 t ha−1 y−1 for the two forest sites studied with a turnover coefficient (K1) of 1 3 for AF and 1 6 for SF Litterfall occurred throughout the year but was greater during the dry season (August–September); seasonality of litter and leaf fall was greater in SF than in AF but in both followed the litterfall patterns of other southeast Brazilian forests

Keywords

altitudinal forestlitterfalllitter decompositionlitter standing cropsemideciduous forestsouth-east Brazil
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 8 , Issue 2 , May 1992 , pp. 205 - 215
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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