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Double sampling may improve the efficiency of litterfall estimates

, 2007
The effort required for an extensive litterfall measurement campaign can be prohibitive. We propose a double sampling approach, in which a large set of traps is used in each stand to estimate total litterfall, and only a subset of these traps is sorted ...
Innes, James C., Dellenbaugh, Mary, Ducey, Mark J.   +2 more
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How does climate influence mangrove litterfall production across different species? A case study in Zhanjiang, China

Trees, Forests and People
Mangrove litterfall represents a major pathway of energy and nutrient flux, yet species-specific and organ-specific climatic responses remain insufficiently understood. This study quantified litterfall dynamic of three dominant mangrove species—Avicennia
Yuhang Wang, Qi Liu, Xiafei Zhou, Wanyu Wen, Minghao Gong, Yaojun Zhu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bridging the divide between models of animal‐driven and microbial‐driven biogeochemical cycling: A zoogeochemistry‐informed framework

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Most current terrestrial biogeochemical models formalize biogeochemical cycling as predominantly controlled by processes involving plants and soil microbes. However, growing evidence indicates that above‐ground animals could exert controlling feedback effects that alter
Janey R. Lienau, Nathalie R. Sommer, Oswald J. Schmitz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of rubber intercropping with native trees on litterfall and litter main nutrient return in Hainan Island, China

Frontiers in Environmental Science
Understanding the process of litterfall production is crucial for sustainable development of plantations. However, the underlying dynamics of litterfall and its nutrient return in plantation agroforestry systems remain unclear.
Dongling Qi, Zhixiang Wu, Rui Sun, Chuan Yang, Xian Zhang, Shaobin Li, Xiufen Che   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Litterfall and element fluxes in secondary successional forests of South Korea

Ecological Indicators, 2023
Determining litterfall and corresponding element fluxes is valuable in understanding productivity and biogeochemical cycling in floristically distinct secondary successional zones.
Mark Bryan Carayugan, Ji Young An, Si Ho Han, Byung Bae Park   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Coupled decline in growth and fine‐branching signals the onset of drought‐induced European beech mortality

New Phytologist, EarlyView.
Conceptual synthesis of drought‐induced mortality in European beech. Summary Severe and recurrent droughts have caused widespread canopy decline and mortality in European forests. Drought‐induced mortality occurs when structural damage and physiological dysfunction impair a tree's ability to recover, yet it remains unclear when trees transition from ...
Gerhard Schmied, Dominik Ambs, Luke Bohnhorst, Julia Schmucker, Jill Sekely, Hans Pretzsch, Lars Opgenoorth, Katrin Heer, Stephan Raspe, Torben Hilmers, Richard L. Peters   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Seasonal dynamics of litterfall production and carbon input in arid mangroves: Modelling aboveground litterfall in Arabian Gulf mangroves using remotely sensed and ground data [PDF]

One Ecosystem
In mangrove ecosystems, the significance of litterfall as a key contributor to ecosystem productivity and soil nutrient dynamics is well established. This study conducted a comprehensive analysis of litterfall patterns within a hyper-arid saline mangrove
Karthika Gopi, Taoufik Ksiksi, Aaron C. Henderson   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Litterfall Production and Decomposition in Three Types of Land Use in Bengkulu Protection Forest

Planta Tropika: Jurnal Agrosains, 2021
Most of the social forestry program plantations in Bengkulu are in the form of mixed planting of coffee or rubber trees. The type of land use affects the production and decomposition of litterfall, which play an important role in nutrient cycle.
Enggar Apriyanto, Fajrin Hidayat, Putranto BA Nugroho, Imanta Tarigan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Increasing Respiration Weakens the Carbon Sink Over Two Decades in a Temperate Deciduous Forest

Global Change Biology Communications, Volume 1, Issue 3, September 2026.
Using a 20‐year eddy covariance record from a temperate deciduous forest, we show that net carbon uptake declined over two decades. Both the trend and interannual variability in net carbon exchange were respiration driven, with warming winters and increasing late‐summer diffuse light driving the trend in respiration.
Darby D. Bergl, Mariah S. Carbone, David Hollinger, Yujie Liu, Benjamin Lucas, Scott V. Ollinger, Andrew Ouimette, Pamela Templer, Andrew D. Richardson   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of Global Mercury Deposition through Litterfall

, 2016
There is a large uncertainty in the estimate of global dry deposition of atmospheric mercury (Hg). Hg deposition through litterfall represents an important input to terrestrial forest ecosystems via cumulative uptake of atmospheric Hg (most Hg0) to ...
Che-Jen Lin (1855891), Wei Yuan (64653), Xinbin Feng (1319517), Zhengduo Bao (2892713), Xun Wang (138298)   +4 more
core   +1 more source