Biomass and nutrients of accumulated litter in different forest covers
Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: This study aimed to assess biomass and nutrients from the litter in a conservation area in the\nmunicipality of Alegre, ES. The study was conducted in three different forest covers included in the\nArea of Ecological Interest (ARIE) Laerth Paiva Gama, being a Native Forest (MN), a Reforestation\nof Eucalyptus and Acacia (REA) and Reforestation of several species (RED). The litter layer was\nmeasured by the amount of biomass, the content and accumulation of nutrients in both harvests,\nthe first in the late dry season and the second end of the rainy season. In all the coatings, the\nquantity of biomass was greater in the dry and followed values decreasing the amount of biomass\nin both forest cover: REA > RED> MN. The levels of potassium, magnesium and boron, present in\nthe litter were higher in the dry season, however the levels of nitrogen, phosphorus, calcium, sulfur,\ncopper, iron, manganese and zinc, and organic carbon content did not differ between periods of\ncollection, only being discrepant between forest cover, no seasonal variation. The type of forest\ncover has little influence on the levels of nutrients and in the dry season the accumulation of litter,\npotassium, magnesium and boron were also indifferent to this variable.
DOI: 10.14295/cs.v4i2.254
Language: English
Subfield: Ecology
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Life on land
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W1598920481