Litter production and leaf-litter decomposition of selected tree species in tropical forests at Kodayar in the Western Ghats, India

1999 ◽  
Vol 123 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 231-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.M. Sundarapandian ◽  
P.S. Swamy
Keyword(s):  
Leaf Litter ◽  
Tropical Forests ◽  
Litter Decomposition ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Leaf Litter Decomposition ◽  
Litter Production ◽  
The Western Ghats

scholarly journals Producción y descomposición de hojarasca en diferentes condiciones sucesionales del bosque de pino-encino en Chiapas, México

2019 ◽  
Vol 84 ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Ana Guadalupe Rocha Loredo ◽  
Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
Keyword(s):  
Leaf Litter ◽  
Litter Decomposition ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Forest Restoration ◽  
Leaf Litter Decomposition ◽  
Oak Forests ◽  
Litter Production ◽  
Alnus Acuminata ◽  
Pinus Oocarpa ◽  
Forest Conditions

Litter production was evaluated in successional pine-oak forests in two localities in Chiapas; simultaneously we assessed the leaf-litter decomposition of seven tree species ( <em>Alnus acuminata subsp. arguta, Chiranthodendron pentadactylon, Clethra suaveolens, Liquidambar styracifl ua, Quercus crassifolia, Quercus sapotifolia and Pinus oocarpa </em>). After 1-year, the highest litter production was recorded in pine-oak-forests (7.59±0.29 Mg·ha-1·year-1), followed by the oak forests (6.58±0.27 Mg·ha-1·year-1), pineoak-Liquidambar forests (5.33±0.18 Mg·ha-1·year-1), pine forest (5.18±0.19 Mg·ha-1·year-1), and the lowest annual litter production occurred in the plots under forest restoration (2.43±0.13 Mg·ha-1·year-1). After 10-mo, the highest rate of leaf-litter decomposition occurred in <em>Alnus acuminata </em> (61-67%) regardless of the forest conditions and in the rest of the species, litter decomposition ranged from 34-52%, but not signifi cant differences between forest conditions were observed.

Leaf litter decomposition of dominant tree species of Namdapha National Park, Arunachal Pradesh, northeast India

2008 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atiqur Rahman Barbhuiya ◽  
Ayyanadar Arunachalam ◽  
Prabhat Chandra Nath ◽  
Mohammed Latif Khan ◽  
Kusum Arunachalam
Keyword(s):  
Leaf Litter ◽  
Litter Decomposition ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
National Park ◽  
Northeast India ◽  
Leaf Litter Decomposition ◽  
Arunachal Pradesh ◽  
Namdapha National Park
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