Mineral nutrient status of tree species in relation to environmental factors in the subtropical rain forest of Taiwan

Wu, Chin-Hsien; Tsui, Chun-Chih; Hseih, Chang-Fu; Asio, Victor; Chen, Zueng‐Sang

doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2006.11.008

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“…Significant regressions at p<0.05 (p <0.001 after Bonferroni correction) are in bold. A c c e p t e d M a n u s c r i p t A c c e p t e d M a n u s c r i p t Peñuelas et al 2010a New South Wales (12 sp) Specht & Turner 2006 Taiwan (20 sp) Wu et al 2007 French Gaiana (45 sp) Hättenschwiler et al 2008 French Guaiana (14 sp) Coste et al 2005 Quensland (Australia) (162 sp) Review of different parts of the world (150 sp) A c c e p t e d M a n u s c r i p t…”

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“…Few studies have investigated the intensity of accumulated standing folivory in relation to the leaf nutrient concentrations and stoichiometry, and the leaf chemical defenses in a representative set of species of tropical rainforests (Wu et al 2007). Such studies are especially uncommon in the rainforests of Asia (Wu et al 2007).…”

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“…Such studies are especially uncommon in the rainforests of Asia (Wu et al 2007). A few studies have investigated specific defensive leaf compounds such as tannins (Eck et al 2001;Kurokawa et al 2004), LMA (Turner et al 2000), and leaf morphological properties such as toughness (Fincher et al 2008), in the most common tree species in the Bornean rainforest.…”

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“…The prolonged and elevated rainfall typical of humid tropical forests leads to loss of rock-derived P and base cations (Jenny 1941, Walker and Syers 1976, Porder and Chadwick 2009). However on unstable surfaces where erosion exposes and transports less weathered soils downslope, P availability may be enhanced , Scatena and Lugo 1995, Vitousek et al 2003, Porder et al 2005, Wu et al 2007, Mage and Porder 2013 and potentially less limiting to growth.…”

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Controls on fallen leaf chemistry and forest floor element masses in native and novel forests across a tropical island

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Abstract. Litter chemistry varies across landscapes according to factors rarely examined simultaneously.We analyzed 11 elements in forest floor (fallen) leaves and additional litter components from 143 forest inventory plots systematically located across Puerto Rico, a tropical island recovering from large-scale forest clearing. We assessed whether three existing, independently-derived, landscape classifications (Holdridge life zone, remotely sensed forest type (leaf longevity combined with geology generalized to karst vs. non-karst), and plot-based measures of forest assemblage) would separate observed gradients. With principal component and regression analyses, we also tested whether climate-, landscape-(geology, elevation, aspect, percent slope, slope position, distance from coast), and stand-scale (tree species composition, basal area, density, stand age) variables explained variation in fallen leaf chemistry and stoichiometry. For fallen leaves, C, Ca, Mg, Na, and Mn concentrations differed by Holdridge life zone and C, P, Ca, Mn, Al, and Fe concentrations differed by forest type, where leaf longevity distinguished C and Ca concentrations and geology distinguished C, P, Ca, Mn, Al, and Fe concentrations. Fallen leaf C, P, Ca, and Mn concentrations also differed, and N concentrations only differed, by forest assemblage. Across several scales, fallen leaf N concentration was positively related to the basal area of putatively N 2 -fixing tree legumes, which were concentrated in lower topographic positions, providing for the first time a biological explanation for the high N concentrations of fallen leaves in these locations. Phosphorus concentrations in fallen leaves by forest assemblages also correlated with the basal area of N 2 -fixing legumes, and P and N concentrations decreased with mean age of assemblage. Fallen leaves from younger (,50 yr, 86% of the plots) and often novel forests had higher P, Fe, and Al and lower C concentrations and lower C/P and N/P ratios than fallen leaves from older forests, the latter due to a decrease in P rather than changes in N. These findings suggest that both N and P availability may currently be greater on the island than pre-deforestation, and substantiate the unique roles that state factors play in contributing to the spatial heterogeneity of fallen leaf chemistry.

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“…On the other hand, leaf's potassium concentration in forest gaps was higher than leaf's potassium in the secondary forest after shifting cultivation. The foliar mineral nutrient concentration of the trees generally correlated with the environmental factors such as elevation, topographic position, slope, vegetation type, and soil nutrient status (Chi Wua et al 2007). In a firedisturbed urban forest, the foliar N and P concentration could be used as a parameter to assess the nutrient environments of tree species restored (Kim et al 2015).…”

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Characterizing nutrient status and growth of Macaranga gigantea in tropical rainforest gaps after selective logging in East Kalimantan, Indonesia

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Abstract. Susanto D, Hayatudin, Setiawan A, Purnomo H, Ruhiyat D, Amirta R. 2017 Kalimantan, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 18: 996-1003. Selective logging caused the formation of forest gaps, which stimulate the growth of the pioneer tree species. This study aims to determine the characteristic of soil nutrients status and plant growth of Macaranga gigantea in the tropical rainforest gaps after selective logging in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. We established research plots 50mx50m in natural forest production, 1 until 10 years after selective logging. The measured data of each plot is the number of trees of M. gigantea, its stem diameter, and its height, and also the soil and leaf nutrient concentration. The results showed that the soil has a pH (H 2 O) of 5.3 ± 0.27, cation exchange capacity of 10.6 ± 2.98 meq. 100 g-1, base saturation of 27.7 ± 10.44%, while the concentration of nutrients carbon of 1. 04 ± 0.27%, nitrogen of 0.10± 0.02%, phosphorus of 6.35 ± 3.4%, potassium of 67.15± 30.1%, calcium of 1.7 ± 1.09% and magnesium of 0. 99 ± 0.8%. The highest stem diameter and height of M. gigantea (19.5 cm; 18.07 m) was obtained in plots of 8 years after selective logging and then declined, while the highest diameter increment and height increment obtained in plants located in a plot of 4 years after selective logging and decline until 10 years after selective logging. The concentration of nutrients accumulated in the leaves of M. gigantea was N with 1.51 ± 0.19%, P with 0.16 ± 0.01%, K with 1.37 ±0.28%, Ca with 1.78 ± 0, 43% and Mg with 1.53 ± 0.37%. The soil nutrients concentration of N, K, Ca and Mg correlated with plant growth of M. gigantea (p≤ 0.05), potassium concentration of soil positively correlated with a potassium concentration of leaves (p≤ 0.05), whereas magnesium concentration in the leaf correlated with plant growth (p≤ 0.05). We suspect that bases nutrient elements, potassium, calcium, and magnesium are nutrients absorbed in large quantities by M. gigantea and extremely important to its growth. . Characterizing nutrient status and growth of Macaranga gigantea in tropical rainforest gaps after selective logging in East

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Mineral nutrient status of tree species in relation to environmental factors in the subtropical rain forest of Taiwan

Cited by 26 publications

References 19 publications

Foliar chemistry and standing folivory of early and late-successional species in a Bornean rainforest

Foliar chemistry and standing folivory of early and late-successional species in a Bornean rainforest

Controls on fallen leaf chemistry and forest floor element masses in native and novel forests across a tropical island

Characterizing nutrient status and growth of Macaranga gigantea in tropical rainforest gaps after selective logging in East Kalimantan, Indonesia

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