Litterfall and Accumulated Nutrients in Pinus taeda Plantation and Native Forest in Southern Brazil
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Site Description
2.2. Litterfall Collection
2.3. Accumulated and Nutrient Use Efficiency
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Monthly and Annual Dynamics of Litterfall Production
3.2. Monthly and Annual Dynamics of Accumulated Nutrient
3.3. Nutrient Use Efficiency of Litterfall
3.4. Principal Component Analysis
4. Discussion
4.1. Monthly and Annual Dynamics of Litterfall Production
4.2. Monthly and Annual Dynamics of Accumulated Nutrients in Litterfall
4.3. Nutrient Use Efficiency of Litterfall
4.4. Principal Component Analysis
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | Effect | ||
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Forest | Month | Interaction | |
Leaves/needles litterfall (kg ha−1) | 0.1341 ns | <0.001 * | <0.001 * |
Twigs litterfall (kg ha−1) | <0.001 * | 0.3838 ns | 0.7551 ns |
Miscellaneous litterfall (kg ha−1) | <0.001 * | <0.001 * | 0.0735 ns |
Total litterfall (kg ha−1) | 0.3273 ns | <0.0001 * | <0.0001 * |
Accumulated N in litterfall (kg ha−1) | <0.001 * | <0.001 * | <0.001 * |
Accumulated P in litterfall (kg ha−1) | <0.001 * | <0.001 * | <0.0001 * |
Accumulated K in litterfall (kg ha−1) | <0.001 * | <0.001 * | <0.001 * |
Accumulated Ca in litterfall (kg ha−1) | <0.001 * | <0.001 * | <0.001 * |
Accumulated Mg in litterfall (kg ha−1) | <0.001 * | <0.001 * | <0.001 * |
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Kulmann, M.S.d.S.; Dick, G.; Valdir Schumacher, M. Litterfall and Accumulated Nutrients in Pinus taeda Plantation and Native Forest in Southern Brazil. Forests 2021, 12, 1791. https://doi.org/10.3390/f12121791
Kulmann MSdS, Dick G, Valdir Schumacher M. Litterfall and Accumulated Nutrients in Pinus taeda Plantation and Native Forest in Southern Brazil. Forests. 2021; 12(12):1791. https://doi.org/10.3390/f12121791
Chicago/Turabian StyleKulmann, Matheus Severo de Souza, Grasiele Dick, and Mauro Valdir Schumacher. 2021. "Litterfall and Accumulated Nutrients in Pinus taeda Plantation and Native Forest in Southern Brazil" Forests 12, no. 12: 1791. https://doi.org/10.3390/f12121791