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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WILDLAND FIRE
卷 22, 期 3, 页码 368-380出版社
CSIRO PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.1071/WF10136
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aboveground biomass; belowground biomass; Cerrado; fire frequency; fire season; forbs; graminoids; root distribution
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- Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP) [Proc. 2006/61570-5]
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq)
- Generalitat de Catalunya (Spain)
This study explores the long-term effects of fire treatments on biomass and nutrient pools in an open savanna from Central Brazil. Treatments included early, middle and late dry season burns every 2 years, a middle dry season burn every 4 years, and protection from fire on five 4-ha plots. We quantified aboveground biomass of graminoids and forbs/sub-shurbs, and their nutrient concentrations and stocks in both dry and wet seasons, and below-ground biomass down to 30-cm depth. We found strong differences between wet and dry season, with biomass and nutrient concentrations being highest in the wet season, across all fire treatments. Fire treatments had significant effects on plant nutrient stocks and root distribution, although total biomass was not affected. Concentrations of the most volatile nutrients (N, S, K and P) were higher in the herbaceous aboveground biomass of the quadrennial and the unburnt plots, suggesting that increases in fire frequency would reduce the amount of nutrients in aboveground biomass and increase the concentration of fine roots at the soil surface. Results highlight the role of fire in maintaining community dynamics in the Brazilian savanna. Overall, the quadrennial burn appears to be the optimal fire regime in open Cerrado vegetation.
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