Soil nutrient status after bamboo flowering and death in a seasonal tropical forest in western Thailand

We have examined the surface (0-10 cm) soil characteristics of sites after bamboo (Cephalostachyum pergracile) mass flowering and death (DB sites) in comparison with sites with living bamboo (Bambusa tulda) (LB sites) in a seasonal tropical forest in Thailand. One year after bamboo flowering the DB...

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Published inEcological research Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 160 - 164
Main Authors Takahashi, Masamichi, Furusawa, Hitomi, Limtong, Pitayakon, Sunanthapongsuk, Vanlada, Marod, Dokrak, Panuthai, Samruan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Tokyo Tokyo : Springer-Verlag 01.01.2007
Springer‐Verlag
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Subjects
Bamboo death
Bamboo flowering
Bambusa
Bambusa tulda
Cephalostachyum pergracile
Nutrient status
Soil nutrients
Tropical forests
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Summary:We have examined the surface (0-10 cm) soil characteristics of sites after bamboo (Cephalostachyum pergracile) mass flowering and death (DB sites) in comparison with sites with living bamboo (Bambusa tulda) (LB sites) in a seasonal tropical forest in Thailand. One year after bamboo flowering the DB sites were acidic with lower concentrations of exchangeable Ca and Mg and soil nitrogen than the LB sites. Therefore, although leaf and root litter of the dead bamboo was deposited in the DB sites after bamboo flowering, soil nutrient status decreased.
Bibliography:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11284-006-0194-6
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ISSN:0912-3814
1440-1703
DOI:10.1007/s11284-006-0194-6