Seasonal patterns of litterfall in forest ecosystem worldwide

Zhang, Haicheng; Yuan, Wenping; Dong, Wenjie; Liu, Shuguang

doi:10.1016/j.ecocom.2014.01.003

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“…It is also known that litter production follows a seasonal pattern with lowest values during wet seasons and highest values in dry seasons in tropical forest ecosystem (Sanches et al, 2008;Zhang et al, 2014;Scheer et al, 2009). The results are in agreement with this seasonal prediction, because litterfall production across all levels of disturbance was higher in the dry compared with the wet season.…”

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“…According to Zhang et al (2014), seasonal variation in litterfall production results in large variation in the amount of litter on the soil in most tropical forests. Zhang et al (2014) and Scheer et al (2009) also indicated that seasonal patterns of litterfall show unimodal, bimodal or irregular modes, and the litter peaks might occur in several months of the year. Consequently, this phenomenon may affect the dynamics of ecosystem carbon and nutrient cycling (Xu et al, 2004;Das and Ramakrishnan, 1985).…”

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Litterfall dynamics in Boter-Becho Forest: Moist evergreen montane forest of Southwestern Ethiopia

Seta¹,

Demissew²,

Woldu³

2018

J. Ecol. Nat. Environ.

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Litterfall in the forest is essential for balanced ecosystem processes. The present study determined seasonal variations of litterfall in the Boter-Becho forest, Southwestern Ethiopia. Based on forest disturbance level, two sites were selected: Low and high. Litterfall production in the high and low disturbed forest sites averaged 6.6 and 10.8 t ha -1 year -1 , respectively. Significant differences (P<0.001) in litterfall were manifested between wet (0.6 ton ha -1 month -1 ) and dry (0.8 tons ha -1 month -1 ) seasons. Higher litterfall was associated with the dry compared with the wet season. Both litterfall and its fractions including leaf litter, reproductive parts and twigs followed a multimodal distribution pattern. Litterfall peaked during March, April, December, January and February with maximum peaks during March and December respectively. Monthly rainfall and temperature directly influenced litterfall production. Litterfall was strongly but negatively correlated with rainfall compared to ambient temperature. Although the present study provided useful information on the effects of low and high disturbance on litterfall production of the Boter Becho forest, further studies are required to quantify and understand the impact of disturbance on nutrient cycling specific to this forest.

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Litterfall dynamics in Boter-Becho Forest: Moist evergreen montane forest of Southwestern Ethiopia

Seta¹,

Demissew²,

Woldu³

2018

J. Ecol. Nat. Environ.

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“…Meteorological factors are frequently included in research on litterfall, principally air temperature and precipitation (Bianchin et al, 2016;Chave et al, 2010;Ferreira et al, 2015;Santos Neto et al, 2015;Zhang et al, 2014) and also evapotranspiration (Wagner et al, 2016). Borchert et al (2015) related that insolation is also a relevant climatic factor for litter production.…”

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Litter production in a natural stand of Brazil nut trees (Bertholletia excelsa Bonpl.)

Guerreiro¹,

JÃonior²,

Ruivo³

et al. 2018

Afr. J. Agric. Res.

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This research estimated litter production and analyzed its relation to environmental variables such as maximum temperature, insolation, and rainfall. The study was conducted on a 300 × 300 m experiment as part of the project titled mapping of native Brazil nut stands and socio-environmental and economic characterization of Brazil nut production systems (MapCast), in the Tapajós National Forest (FLONA Tapajós). Every 30 days for one full year (August 2015 to July 2016), litterfall was collected and stored in a laboratory. After drying, the material was separated into leaves, wood, flowers and fruits, and miscellaneous and weighed. Statistical tests conducted were Shapiro-Wilk (5%), Principal coordinate analysis, t-test, Pearson's linear correlation, cross-correlation, and canonical redundancy analysis. Rainfall and temperature data were inferior and superior, respectively, to normal climate conditions in the region, and data for solar insolation had an abnormal pattern compared to normal climate conditions. Leaf production varied between 169.9 and 965.6 kg ha . The greatest leaf production was measured during the months with the lowest amount of rainfall and highest temperatures, and variation in leaf production and total litterfall was partially explained by temperature and insolation.

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“…A produção de liteira em florestas tropicais é elevada quando comparada a florestas temperadas (ZHANG et al, 2014), principalmente nos estágios sucessionais iniciais (AKÉ-CASTILLO et al, 2006). Seu equilíbrio dinâmico ocorre quando os ecossistemas estão atingindo um estágio clímax de desenvolvimento florestal.…”

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Dinâmica da massa seca e propriedades químicas da liteira em Virola surinamensis e floresta sucessional na Amazônia oriental

Costa¹,

Suzuki²,

Martins³

et al. 2017

Revista Verde

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Resumo: Com a expansão das atividades antrópicas, a floresta tropical amazônica tem sofrido intensas transformações. Após a retirada da vegetação há o abandono desses ecossistemas possibilitando a resiliência natural. Com o intuito de acelerar este processo, é realizado o plantio de diversas espécies nativas para favorecer a ciclagem de nutrientes, com o acúmulo de liteira. Portanto, objetivou-se comparar a deposição de massa seca e as propriedades químicas em floresta em estágio sucessional de desenvolvimento (FSU) Abstract:With the expansion of anthropogenic activities, the Amazon Rain Forest has suffered sweep changes. After the removing of vegetation, there is an abandonment of the ecosystems, allowing a natural resilience. In order to accelerating this process, it is performed the planting of several native species, to promote the nutrient cycling with the deposition of litter fall. Therefore, the objective of this research is to compare the dry mass deposition and the chemical properties in a successional forest ecosystem (FSU) and in Virola surinamensis Rol. (Ward.) (VSU) ecosystem. The experiment was conducted in the coastal tableland of lower in eastern Amazon, and the litter samples taken every two weeks for three years. The study showed that the FSU forest floor were significantly higher (p < 0.05) than the VSU in the stock of litter. The results of forest floor accumulation was 7.94 Mg ha -1 yr -1 and 6.30 Mg ha -1 yr -1 to FSU and VSU, respectively. About chemical properties of litter, K and Mn concentration and content were higher than VSU. To Ca and Mg the concentration was superior in VSU, but the content was not different to two ecosystems. The content and concentration of Fe in FSU, were smaller, and to the same variables, Cu and Zn were not different in the forest and in the monoculture. The deposition of litter and great of elements content showed higher values to successional forest ecosystem because of structural and floristic diversity of species.

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Seasonal patterns of litterfall in forest ecosystem worldwide

Cited by 243 publications

References 62 publications

Litterfall dynamics in Boter-Becho Forest: Moist evergreen montane forest of Southwestern Ethiopia

Litterfall dynamics in Boter-Becho Forest: Moist evergreen montane forest of Southwestern Ethiopia

Litter production in a natural stand of Brazil nut trees (Bertholletia excelsa Bonpl.)

Dinâmica da massa seca e propriedades químicas da liteira em Virola surinamensis e floresta sucessional na Amazônia oriental

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