The Quantity, Temporal Distribution and Mineral-Element Content of Litterfall in Two Forest Types at Two Sites in Tropical Australia

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Nutrient dynamics through fine litterfall in three plantations in Sabah, Malaysia, in relation to nutrient supply to surface soil

“…Litterfall production of the Acacia mangium and S. macrophylla sites was larger than in previous results, and that of the Araucaria cunninghamii site was equivalent to results in its original habitat, Queensland, Australia (Brasell et al 1980;Bubb et al 1998; Table 5). Litterfall mass at the A. mangium site was considerably larger than that of some younger stands (Saharjo and Watanabe 2000;Bouillet et al 2008b) and slightly larger than that of 10-year-old stands (Lim 1988;Bernhard-Reversat 1993;Majalap 1999;Kamo et al 2008;Kunhamu et al 2009).…”

Nitrogen and phosphorus retranslocation and N:P ratios of litterfall in three tropical plantations: luxurious N and efficient P use by Acacia mangium

“…Across these studies, the N:P ratio of A. mangium exhibited a relatively wide range (25-91;Majalap 1999;Hardiyanto and Wicaksono 2008;Kunhamu et al 2009) and those of S. macrophylla (16-30;Lugo 1992;Cuevas and Lugo 1998;Isaac and Nair 2006) and Ar. cunninghamii (8-11;Brasell et al 1980;Bubb et al 1998) exhibited narrower ranges. Even in the present study, the N:P ratio of this species changed every month (Fig.…”

Litterfall, precipitation and nutrient fluxes in a secondary lowland rain forest in Ile-Ife, Nigeria

“…Brasel for all ecosystems to function, Brasell et al (1980) report that the turnover rate of nutrients is one of the main important factors for the functioning and stability of ecosystems (Congdon & Herborn 1993). Nutrient fl ux is a term used by several authors (Carlisle et al 1966;Gosz et al 1976;Parker 1983) to describe nutrient transfer by various pathways.…”