From 1996 to 2002 the monthly litterfall in a Quercus suber forest ecosystem of Montseny (NE Spain) was recorded and its relationship to meteorological variables was statistically analysed. The average annual production (477 g m−2 yr−1) was similar to those found in other Mediterranean evergreen forests with relatively high rainfall. The main components were the leaves (55% of the total biomass...

the effect of european black alder (alnus glutinosa l.) on the contents of carbon and nitrogen,exchangeable base cations, and plant available forms of phosphorus in the reclaimed mine soils formed bywaste deposition from opencast lignite mines was researched in central serbia. it was concluded that thegreatest part of dead organic residues reaching the soil under european black alder monocultur...

Litterfall may facilitate the outperformance of exotic species by inducing better resource acquisition and reproductive performance. However, drivers that determine litterfall patterns in native have remained insufficiently investigated due to lack long-term observations. Here, we employed empirical dynamic modeling on a two-decade-long observation (1999–2019) subtropical mangrove forest Shenzh...

Increases in tree biomass may be an important sink for CO2 as the atmospheric concentration continues to increase. Tree growth in temperate forests is often limited by the availability of soil nutrients. To assess whether soil nutrient limitation will constrain forest productivity under high atmospheric CO2, we studied the changes in forest litter production and nutrient cycling in a maturing s...

Litterfall is a good indicator of overall forest functions in ecosystems. Globally, litterfall has been extensively investigated, however, there lack long-term data analysis to show the various components relation environmental factors on monthly and yearly scales. Here, (May–October) annual (1981–2018) including leaves, twigs, bark, reproductive, miscellaneous fractions were collected mixed ma...

Litterfall of silver fir contributes to development forest floor similarly like Norway spruce litterfall does. The nutrient return soil can be intensified by mixing these conifers with other tree species whose effects on are positive; our study deals European rowan. aimed at firs and rowans in alternating rows (Fi-Ro) compared the monospecific plantation (Fi) two former meadow sites stan...

The aim of this thesis was to investigate the role of resources in driving ecosystem processes and in influencing soil-and plant communities in boreal and temperate forests, through four complementary experimental studies. In the first study, plant and soil microbial responses to the quality and diversity of added organic substrates from boreal forests were investigated. The substrate-diversity...

the effect of european black alder (alnus glutinosa l.) on the contents of carbon and nitrogen,exchangeable base cations, and plant available forms of phosphorus in the reclaimed mine soils formed bywaste deposition from opencast lignite mines was researched in central serbia. it was concluded that thegreatest part of dead organic residues reaching the soil under european black alder monocultur...