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JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY
卷 24, 期 -, 页码 27-38出版社
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467407004580
关键词
dry-season irrigation; litter removal; nitrogen; non-woody litterfall; phosphorus; resource manipulation; secondary forest
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Litterfall quantity and quality may respond to alterations in resource availability expected with ongoing land-use and climate changes. Here, we quantify the effects of altered resource availability on non-woody litterfall quantity and quality (nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations) in eastern Amazonian forest regrowth (Brazil) through two multi-year experimental manipulations: (1) daily irrigation (5 mm d(-1)) during the dry season; and (2) fortnightly litter removal. Consistent with other tropical forest data litterfall exhibited seasonal patterns, increasing with the onset of the dry season and declining with the onset of the rainy season. Irrigation did not affect litterfall mass and had little impact on nitrogen (N) or phosphorus (P) concentrations and return, except for decreasing litter P concentration at the end of two irrigation periods. Litter removal did not alter litterfall mass or P concentration, but progressively reduced litterfall N during the course of the experiment. Overall, these results suggest significant resistance to altered resource availability within the bounds of our experimental treatments; our findings may help to constrain carbon and nutrient cycling predictions for tropical forests in response to land-use and climate changes.
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