Sentence examples for litterfall to from inspiring English sources

There are very few reports that describe the contribution of litterfall to total NPP, and reported that litterfall represents up to 30% of the overall NPP (Alongi et al. 2005).

Decomposition and dead organic matter dynamics are simulated using a method in which specific biomass components are transferred, at the time of litterfall, to one of a series of independent litter types.

Therefore, tree mortality is negligibly small in the present study and we simply summed the biomass increment of all the surviving trees and then added litterfall to get the above-ground net primary productivity for each small plot.

The impact of biological control on the woody weed, Mimosa pigra was investigated by comparing litterfall in 2001 2003 with a previous study performed at the same site, in 1984 1986, before biological control agents were released, and correlating litterfall to individual agent damage.

NPPcanopy was calculated as leaf litter + reproductive litterfall + branch litterfall + other litter again assuming a C content of 50% to convert litterfall to C inputs.

Moreover, the percent contribution of foliose chlorolichens to litterfall tended to be higher in later-succession forest types, whereas the contributions of cyanolichens and fruticose chlorolichens were lower in these forest types.

Karst).. Rates of C turnover were estimated by (i) the ratio of estimated soil heterotrophic respiration (Rh) to C stock in forest floor and top mineral soil, (ii) the ratio of litterfall C to forest floor C, (iii) foliar mass loss in litterbags, and (iv) mineral soil C turnover assessed by laboratory incubation.

I used litterfall sampling to estimate the biomass, diversity, and community structure of epiphytic lichens in three dry forest cover types in the eastern Washington Cascade range.

A similar influence of tree species on C turnover was indicated by the litterfall C to forest floor C ratio and by foliar mass loss; rates of C turnover increased in the order spruce < beech < oak < ash = lime = maple with significant differences between several of the species.

Litterfall is believed to be the major flux of Hg to soils in forested landscapes, yet much less is known about this input on tropical environment.

Rising atmospheric temperatures and/or CO2 levels are likely to increase photosynthesis and plant productivity, according to the results of several studies over the past two decades; consequently, litterfall is expected to increase.