M. caesalpiniaefolia Benth had greater initial growth, as well as greater biomass and nutrient accumulation compared with L. leucocephala (Lam).
The effect of harvest residue management options on biomass and nutrient accumulation in understory vegetation, as well as the contribution of understory to nutrient cycling, were assessed during the early rotation stage of a Eucalyptus globulus Labill.
In the experiment described in this paper, we aimed to determine the effects of N and P availability and of the removal of competing vegetation on resprouter capacity, biomass, and nutrient accumulation in Erica multiflora.
The process of decomposition is complex and includes, for example, ingrowth of microbial biomass and nutrient accumulation in addition to leaching and respiration.
The biomass of tree components (foliage, bark, wood and branches) was also measured, and nutrient accumulation in tree biomass was estimated by multiplying nutrient concentration by biomass (Fernández-Moya, Murillo et al. 2014) as part of the same study described in Fernández-Moya et al. (2013).
Plant height, biomass production, plant nutrient accumulation and soil organic carbon were measured forty days after waste application.
This trait, plus the reasonable pulping qualities (Kibblewhite et al., 2000), high density (McKinley et al., 2002), and the favourable silvicultural characteristics of E. maidenii, seem to indicate the suitability of this species for projects where biomass, carbon or nutrient accumulation are contributing objectives.
Biomass and nutrient dynamics of restored tropical forests.
Changing allocation to belowground components can alter biomass accumulation and nutrient uptake [9], but without an assessment of additional carbon stocks from other pools (e.g., foliage and soil components), the role that future climate may play in determining overall stocks may be somewhat limited.
Changing allocation to belowground components can alter biomass accumulation and nutrient uptake [ 9], but without an assessment of additional carbon stocks from other pools (e.g., foliage and soil components), the role that future climate may play in determining overall stocks may be somewhat limited.
Nutrient accumulation and fixation in microbial biomass occurs most likely through nutrient import by fungi, which may occur through 1) contact with soil, 2) mobilization through interstitial mycelium, the translocation through mycelium growing from wood through soil, and 3) N fixation by bacteria associated with wood-decaying fungi (Rayner and Boddy 1988; Hoppe et al. 2014).
