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Climate and Edaphic Factors Partly Explain Leaf Litterfall Rates of Species From Tropical Semi‐Deciduous Ecosystems [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution
Carbon cycling in semi‐deciduous ecosystems is difficult to observe because plant species shed leaves for only a short period (4–6 weeks), and some remain dormant for only a few weeks. These short phenological phases limit ecosystem studies.
Ashehad A. Ali, Anuj T. Magar
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Climate Warming Will Reduce Boreal Forest Litterfall, but the Response Differs Among Plant Functional Types [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution
Boreal forests are critical carbon sinks increasingly threatened by climate change. More than two‐thirds of this boreal carbon is stored in soil and litter, highlighting the crucial role of litterfall for carbon and nutrient cycling.
Wai Phyo Thu, Mark Jun M. Alcantara, Gbadamassi G. O. Dossa, Jill Thompson, Douglas Schaefer   +4 more
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Spatio-temporal analysis of litterfall load in the lower reaches of Qarqan and Tarim rivers using BP neural networks [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Litterfall load is crucial in maintaining ecosystem health, controlling wildfires, and estimating carbon stock in arid regions. However, there is a lack of spatiotemporal analysis of litterfall in arid riparian forests.
Junyu Xu, Anwar Eziz, Alishir Kurban, Ümüt Halik, Zhiwen Shi, Saif Ullah, Gift Donu Fidelis, Yingdong Ma, Ziwargul Kibir, Toqeer Ahmed, Tim Van de Voorde, Adil Hujashim, Hossein Azadi   +12 more
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Climate drivers of litterfall biomass dynamics in three types of forest stands on the Loess Plateau

Ecological Indicators
Litterfall is a link in the energy flow and material cycling of ecosystems, which maintain the primary productivity of forests. However, there is no consensus regarding the factors driving for the litterfall biomass dynamics because of the high spatial ...
Subhash Babu
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Litterfall Chemistry Is Modulated by Wet-Dry Seasonality and Leaf Phenology of Dominant Species in the Tropics

Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2021
Litterfall has a large influence on carbon and nutrient cycling of ecosystems, particularly in light-limited forested streams, as most nutrients return in the form of litter.
Alan M. Tonin, Laís S. Lima, Paulino Bambi, Monique L. Figueiredo, Renan S. Rezende, José F. Gonçalves   +5 more
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Litterfall decomposition of coffee shaded with Tectona grandis or in full sun [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Agrícola e Ambiental, 2022
Litterfall is an important source of soil nutrients, but its decomposition can be affected by the crop system used. The objective of this study was to evaluate litterfall decomposition and macronutrient stocks in coffee crop systems in shaded (SHCS ...
Nirvani S. Henrique, Katia L. Maltoni, Glaucia A. Faria   +2 more
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Litterfall in the Semideciduous Seasonal Forest in Southern Brazil

Floresta e Ambiente, 2020
Litterfall and nutrient cycling are essential processes for the forest diversity and productivity maintenance. This study aims to characterize the litterfall and evaluate if it has correlations with climatic variables in the Semideciduous Seasonal Forest
Grasiele Dick, Mauro Valdir Schumacher
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Litterfall release, vegetative, and reproductive phenology investigation of Heritiera fomes Buch-Ham in the Sundarbans mangrove forests, Bangladesh: relationship with environmental variables

Forest Science and Technology, 2020
The study of vegetative and reproductive phenology through litterfall collection of mangrove species is vital for mangrove management and restoration in climate change situation.
Md. Salim Azad, Md. Kamruzzaman, Sumonta K. Paul, Mamoru Kanzaki   +3 more
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Determination of the amount of litterfall according to the development stages and of the carbon stock input into the litter in the oriental beech forests in the Marmara Region

Turkish Journal of Forestry, 2023
This study was carried out in order to reveal the amount of litterfall according to the development stages in the oriental beech forests in the Marmara Region and the carbon stocks input into forest floor in this way.
Rıza Karataş, Özgür Kiracıoğlu, Şükrü Teoman Güner   +2 more
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Litterfall production and associated carbon and nitrogen flux along exclosure chronosequence at Kewet district, central lowland of Ethiopia

Environmental Systems Research, 2020
Background Litterfall input and associated nutrient flux are critically important in the restoration of soil in degraded landscapes through exclosures.
Fikrey Tesfay, Kibebew Kibret, Aster Gebrekirstos, Kiros Meles Hadgu   +3 more
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