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Research article
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17 Nov 2016
Research article |
| 17 Nov 2016
Changes in soil carbon and nutrients following 6 years of litter removal and addition in a tropical semi-evergreen rain forest
Edmund Vincent John Tanner
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing St, Cambridge CB2 3EA, UK
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado 0843-03092, Balboa, Ancon, Republic of Panama
Merlin W. A. Sheldrake
Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing St, Cambridge CB2 3EA, UK
Benjamin L. Turner
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado 0843-03092, Balboa, Ancon, Republic of Panama
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- Litter removal in a tropical rain forest reduces fine root biomass and production but litter addition has few effects C. Rodtassana & E. Tanner 10.1002/ecy.2143
- Altered litter inputs modify carbon and nitrogen storage in soil organic matter in a lowland tropical forest E. Sayer et al. 10.1007/s10533-020-00747-7
- Litter addition and understory removal influenced soil organic carbon quality and mineral nitrogen supply in a subtropical plantation forest X. Fang et al. 10.1007/s11104-020-04787-8
- Responses of soil nitrogen cycling to changes in aboveground plant litter inputs: A meta-analysis X. Zhang et al. 10.1016/j.geoderma.2023.116678
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- Soil carbon stocks across tropical forests of Panama regulated by base cation effects on fine roots D. Cusack et al. 10.1007/s10533-017-0416-8
- Responses of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to long-term inorganic and organic nutrient addition in a lowland tropical forest M. Sheldrake et al. 10.1038/s41396-018-0189-7
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- Forest harvest intensity and soil depth alter inorganic nitrogen pool sizes and ammonia oxidizer community composition R. Mushinski et al. 10.1016/j.soilbio.2017.05.015
- Introduction of woody and herbaceous legumes influences productivity, diversity and soil properties in a degraded grassland A. Hu et al. 10.1002/ldr.3853
- Soil silicon dynamics following long-term litter and nutrient manipulations in a lowland tropical forest B. Turner et al. 10.1007/s12633-024-03019-3
- Ginkgo agroforestry practices alter the fungal community structures at different soil depths in Eastern China J. Guo et al. 10.1007/s11356-019-05293-w
- Litter removal increases the plant carbon input to soil in a Pinus massoniana plantation C. Zhang et al. 10.1007/s10342-022-01476-2
- Litter removal impacts on soil biodiversity and eucalypt plantation development in the seasonal tropics J. Inkotte et al. 10.1007/s11676-022-01524-y
- Characteristics and factors influencing soil organic carbon composition by vegetation type in spoil heaps Y. Yao et al. 10.3389/fpls.2023.1240217
- Aboveground litter inputs determine carbon storage across soil profiles: a meta-analysis S. Xu et al. 10.1007/s11104-021-04881-5
- Soil Carbon Stock and Indices in Sandy Soil Affected by Eucalyptus Harvest Residue Management in the South of Brazil J. de São José et al. 10.3390/soilsystems7040093
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Short summary
Tropical rain forest are likely to grow more, and produce more litterfall, as a result of increasing temperature and carbon dioxide. We experimentally doubled litterfall in large plots in forest in Panama; there were also removal plots. After 6 years of continuously adding litter, we found that soil organic matter and many plant-available nutrients were increased down to as far as 30 cm into the soil. This increase in organic carbon in the soil reduces the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Tropical rain forest are likely to grow more, and produce more litterfall, as a result of...
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