Floresta e Ambiente
https://www.floram.org/article/doi/10.1590/2179-8087-FLORAM-2022-0034
Floresta e Ambiente
Original Article Conservation of Nature

Contribution of Pseudobombax aff. petropolitanum to Nutrient Cycling in Woody Vegetation from a Neotropical Inselberg

Carlos Antônio Araújo de Freitas, Rodrigo Camara de Souza, Marcos Gervasio Pereira, Marcos Vinicius Winckler Caldeira, Dayvid Rodrigues Couto, Sustanis Horn Kunz, Julia Siqueira Moreau, Henrique Machado Dias, Dione Richer Momolli

http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/2179-8087-FLORAM-2022-0034 FLORAM, vol.29, n4, e20220034, 2022
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Abstract

The aim of the study was to investigate Pseudobombax aff. petropolitanum (PP) contribution on annual fine litterfall, carbon content, and nutrient concentration, compared to other woody species (OS) on a neotropical inselberg in Espírito Santo state, Brazil. Annual fine litterfall was systematic monthly collected (November 2011-October 2012) by means of 15 littertraps (0.25 m2) placed in five transects, oven-dried (65 °C, 72 h), weighed, and C content and nutrients concentration (N, P, K, Ca, Mg, S, B, Cu, Fe, Mn, Zn) were estimated. PP performed lower litterfall, C content, and nutrient concentration excepting higher K concentration, compared to OS. The results suggested that PP performed higher nutrient conservation, which indicated its potential in restoring degraded areas observed in the inselberg.

Keywords

Atlantic Forest; ecosystem functioning; litterfall; rocky outcrop; rupestrian ecosystem

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Submitted date:
04/29/2022

Accepted date:
08/31/2022

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