Carbon and nutrient fluxes through litterfall at four succession stages of Caatinga dry forest in Northeastern Brazil

• Published in: Nutrient cycling in agroecosystems Vol. 105; no. 1; pp. 25 - 38
• Main Authors: Moura, Patrícia M, Althoff, Tiago D, Oliveira, Renann A, Souto, Jacob S, Souto, Patrícia C, Menezes, Rômulo S. C, Sampaio, Everardo V. S. B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.05.2016; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Agriculture; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Brazil; carbon; carbon sinks; Climate variability; Dry forests; Ecosystem dynamics; Ecosystems; Fluxes; fuelwood; Life Sciences; Litter; Litter fall; Nitrogen; Nutrient concentrations; Nutrient dynamics; Original Article; Pasture; pastures; Phosphorus; rain; Rainfall; Regeneration; Shifting cultivation; Slash and burn; Tropical forests; Vegetation; Brazil; Carbon stocks; Tropical dry forest; Regenerating vegetation; Phosphorus; Nitrogen; Potassium

Knowledge about litterfall and its nutrient fluxes is important for understanding ecosystem dynamics, especially in regards to vegetation at different succession stages. Regenerating vegetation represents a large proportion of tropical forests, such as the caatinga dry forest in NE Brazil, which is...