Litterfall, Temperate and Tropical Dominant Trees, and Climate in a Mexican Lower Montane Forest

Williams‐Linera, Guadalupe; Tolome, Javier

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“…Mangenot and Toutain [26], Williams-Linera and Tolome [44] and Mehra et al [29], the best relationship is between litterfall and the basal area in the plot concerned. This was the case for our study of total litterfall, and of leaves and bud scales; however age and basal area were highly and closely correlated.…”

Section: Factors Affecting Litterfallmentioning

confidence: 95%

“…Gloagen and Touffet [17] recorded 2.6 t/ha/yr beech leaves for the same range age, 3 t/ha/yr in the young high forest and 3.1 t/ha/yr in the mature high forest. Williams-Linera and Tolome [44] recorded leaf fall of 2.3 to 2.8 t/ha/yr in 100 to 150-year-old beech stands on acid moder soils. In Spain, Santa-Regina and Tarazona [37] estimated returns of 2.9 t/ha/yr for an adult uneven-aged beech stand.…”

Section: Annual Return Of Litter To the Soilmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The collections during the two years, and the different plots were compared, using an ANOVA (variance analysis) with the Tukey test [44]. The analysis of one or several factors was carried out using Unistat 5.0 to observe any interactions between plot age and year of collection.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In the global change theory, the first phase of the biogeochemical cycle is relevant, because climatic disturbance in the short and long term could influence the pattern of litterfall production [33]. Work carried out has mainly concentrated on comparing temperate species with tropical species [44], broadleaved ecosystems with coniferous ecosystems [2,32,33], with different deciduous tree species [30], or with different production classes [6]. Few studies have measured the changes in litterfall during a forest rotation on the same site.…”

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Litter production in an Atlantic beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) time sequence

Lebret¹,

Nys²,

Forgeard³

2001

Ann. For. Sci.

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-Litterfall is the first phase of the biogeochemical cycle and returns nutrients to the soil. This paper demonstrates the quantitative distribution of the different components throughout the year in four stands of a beech time sequence. Litterfall increases as the forest evolves and as basal area increases: from 2.1 t/ha/an in the thicket to 4.7 t/ha/an in the mature high forest. Leaves represent 90% of the total litterfall in the young stand and 70% in the oldest stand. The proportion of leaves decreases during forest rotation. Most of the categories are related to the age and basal area, because of the architecture and maturity of the trees. Other factors could explain litterfall dynamics, e.g. human management or animals. Climate is a preponderant factor for the litterfall production and plays a role in the species phenology. The litterfall dynamics during the time sequence, and the observed shifts in phenology give rise to different pedogenetic processes.litter production / beech / time sequence / dry matter Résumé -Production de litière dans une chronoséquence d'une hêtraie (Fagus sylvatica) atlantique. Les retombées de litière sont à la base des cycles biogéochimiques et assurent le retour au sol des nutriments. Cet article présente la répartition quantitative, par compartiment, au cours de deux ans de suivi et dans quatre peuplements de hêtre d'une chronoséquence. Les retombées totales de litière augmentent avec l'âge de la parcelle et la surface terrière : de 2,1 t/ha/an dans le fourré à 4,7 t/ha/an dans la vieille futaie. Les feuilles représentent 90 % des retombées totales dans le jeune peuplement et 70 % dans la parcelle âgée. La proportion de feuilles diminue au cours de la chronoséquence. La plupart des catégories sont reliées à l'âge et à la surface terrière, par l'intermédiaire de l'architecture et de la maturité du peuplement. D'autres facteurs peuvent expliquer la dynamique des retombées: la sylviculture, les animaux. Le climat est un facteur prépondérant dans la production de litière et a un rôle également sur la phénologie des espèces. La dynamique des retombées de litière au cours de la chronoséquence ainsi que les décalages phénologiques observés sont à la base de processus pédogénétiques diffé-rents.hêtre / retour litière / chronoséquence / matière sèche Ann. For. Sci. 58 (2001) [755][756][757][758][759][760][761][762][763][764][765][766][767][768] 755

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Section: Factors Affecting Litterfallmentioning

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Section: Annual Return Of Litter To the Soilmentioning

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Section: Statistical Analysesmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Litter production in an Atlantic beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) time sequence

Lebret¹,

Nys²,

Forgeard³

2001

Ann. For. Sci.

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“…However, in tropical systems without prevalent or strongly seasoal water limitations, which we can consider to be our case here, spatial and temporal heterogeneity of mass of leaf litter on the forest¯oor can result from the rate of fall and decomposition of the falling material (Cuevas and Medina, 1988), and by the diverse responses of species to different environmental cues (Alvin and Alvin, 1978;Williams-Linera and Tolome, 1996).…”

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Dynamics of organic matter and nutrient return from litterfall in stands of ten tropical tree plantation species

Cuevas

Lugo

1998

Forest Ecology and Management

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We studied the rates and patterns of carbon and nutrient¯uxes in litterfall in ten tropical tree plantation species grown at the USDA Forest Service Arboretum in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico. The stands were 26-years old and grew under similar climatic and edaphic conditions. Individual plantation species ranked differently in terms of their capacity to return mass and speci®c nutrients to the forest¯oor, and with respect to their ef®ciency of nutrient use. The species that returned the most mass did not return the most P, N, or cations. Moreover, species differed according to the amount of N and P resorption before leaf fall. These differences re¯ect the variation in the ecophysiological response of each species to edaphic and climatic conditions. The difference between average and minimum resorption values of the species studied indicate that other environmental factors, such as heavy winds or the physical effects of heavy rains, can force the shedding of nonsenesced leaves. This higher quality material, although not very much in quantity, can provide a small pulse of available nutrients to the forest¯oor community. The same holds true for other high nutrient/low mass fractions of litterfall such as reproductive parts and miscellaneous materials.In areas with no prevalent or strongly seasonal water limitations, temporal variations of leaf litter on the forest¯oor are the combined result of the rate of fall and decomposition of the falling material, and the diverse responses of species to different environmental cues. Leaf fall was inversely correlated to reduced water availability in three of the species studied. Leaf fall of the other species was correlated either to daylight duration or minimum temperatures. The results highlight the importance of understanding species performance relative to nutrient and mass metabolism before selection for plantation use, or for rehabilitation of degraded lands. #

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Temporal and spatial patterns of remotely sensed litterfall in tropical and subtropical forests of Taiwan

2016

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Litterfall is important for returning nutrients and carbon to the forest floor, and microbes decompose the litterfall to release CO 2 into the atmosphere. Litterfall is a pivotal component in the forest biogeochemical cycle, which is sensitive to climate variability and plant physiology. In this study, we combined field litterfall estimates and time series (2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011) climate (the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) land surface temperature (LST) and Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) precipitations) and green vegetation (MODIS photosynthetically active vegetation cover (PV)) variables to estimate regional annual litterfall in tropical/subtropical forests in Taiwan. We found that time series MODIS LST-and PV-derived metrics, the annual accumulated MODIS LST, and coefficient of variation of PV, respectively, but not the TRMM precipitation variables were salient factors for the estimation (r 2 = 0.548 and p < 0.001). The mean (±standard deviation) annual litterfall was 5.1 ± 1.2 Mg ha À1 yr À1 during the observation period. The temporal dynamics of the litterfall revealed that typhoons and consecutive drought events might affect the litterfall temporal variation. Overall, the annual litterfall decreased along the elevation gradient, which may reflect a change in the vegetation type. The northeast and northwest facing slopes yielded the highest amount of annual litterfall (≥5.9 Mg ha À1 yr À1 ), which was in contrast with the southern aspect (5.1 Mg ha À1 yr À1 ). This variation may be associated with the dryness of the microclimate influenced by solar radiation. This study demonstrates the feasibility of utilizing time series MODIS LST and PV data to predict large-scale field litterfall, which may facilitate large-scale monitoring of biogeochemical cycles in forest ecosystems.

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Litterfall, Temperate and Tropical Dominant Trees, and Climate in a Mexican Lower Montane Forest

Cited by 55 publications

References 17 publications

Litter production in an Atlantic beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) time sequence

Litter production in an Atlantic beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) time sequence

Dynamics of organic matter and nutrient return from litterfall in stands of ten tropical tree plantation species

Temporal and spatial patterns of remotely sensed litterfall in tropical and subtropical forests of Taiwan

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