Litterfall and nutrient return along a disturbance gradient in a tropical montane forest

doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2015.05.028

	Litterfall and nutrient return along a disturbance gradient in a tropical montane forest
	Paudel,Ekananda; Dossa,Gbadamassi G. O.; Xu,Jianchu; Harrison,Rhett D.
	2015-10-01
发表期刊	FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
卷号	353 页码:97-106
摘要	Litterfall plays an important role in nutrient cycling and maintenance of soil fertility in terrestrial ecosystems. Annual and seasonal variation in litterfall have been investigated in various habitats, however, seasonality in nutrient supply is less well documented. We studied litterfall over two years and seasonal litter nutrient input over one year across a tropical disturbance gradient from mature forest to monoculture tea plantation. Total litter production in the mature forests and regenerating forests was not significantly different. However, tea plantations had significantly lower litter production. Total litterfall in forest habitats showed a clear seasonal pattern with a peak during the dry season (Mar.-May), as has been reported for other tropical seasonal forests. Contrary to expectations, there was no significant difference in litter nutrient concentrations across the disturbance gradient, although there was a substantial change in plant species composition. Litter nutrient concentrations also did not vary significantly across seasons, again contrary to our expectations. Thus, nutrient input was driven solely by the seasonal litterfall pattern. Our results suggest that at a landscape scale turnover in species composition linked to anthropogenic disturbance may not always lead to changes in litter quality, presumably because a similar spectra of leaf types may exist across communities. Seasonal litterfall patterns, which have been more commonly studied, may prove a reasonable proxy for nutrient input in forests. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
关键词	Disturbance Litterfall Litter Nutrient Seasonality Species Composition Tropical Montane Forest
DOI	10.1016/j.foreco.2015.05.028
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000362058700011
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.kib.ac.cn/handle/151853/25172
专题	资源植物与生物技术所级重点实验室
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Paudel,Ekananda,Dossa,Gbadamassi G. O.,Xu,Jianchu,et al. Litterfall and nutrient return along a disturbance gradient in a tropical montane forest[J]. FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT,2015,353:97-106.
APA	Paudel,Ekananda,Dossa,Gbadamassi G. O.,Xu,Jianchu,&Harrison,Rhett D..(2015).Litterfall and nutrient return along a disturbance gradient in a tropical montane forest.FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT,353,97-106.
MLA	Paudel,Ekananda,et al."Litterfall and nutrient return along a disturbance gradient in a tropical montane forest".FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT 353(2015):97-106.

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