Sentence examples for litterfall up from inspiring English sources

Organic matter fluxes in litterfall, which averaged 10.1 Mg ha−1 year−1, were similar to those reported from comparable Neotropical plantations, whereas nitrogen fluxes in litterfall (up to 210 kgN ha−1 year−1) were high.

The increase in N and P fluxes in throughfall after fertilization was equivalent to 2.5% of the applied N and 2% of the applied P. The fluxes of N and P in litterfall were up to 15% and 3%, respectively, higher in the N and N + P than in the control treatments.

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).

When comparing our estimated rates of litterfall and biomass increment both in AGB and BGB, it becomes evident that litterfall production only amount up to 48.1% of the total mangrove NPP.

Including throughfall and litterfall nutrient flux data we calculated that stemflow comprised 1 10% of dissolved internal recycling of nutrients and up to 1.5% of total aboveground nutrient returns.

Figure 5 Measured annual litterfall 2001 2006.

We found that pine litter was a significant and even dominant component of litterfall at certain times of the year, typically autumn and winter, when quantities of pine needles falling were up to three times the fall of native leaves.

Total litterfall was similar in both studies.

There were definite peaks in each litterfall component.

Small branches and leaves mainly contributed in the litterfall production.

We also quantified the litterfall for each tree species.