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https://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/handle/1/18810| Title: | Leaf-litter decomposition in Amazonian forest fragments |
| Authors: | Rubinstein, Adriana Vasconcelos, Heraldo L. |
| Keywords: | Community Structure Decomposition Habitat Fragmentation Leaf Litter Nutrient Cycling Turnover Amazon Basin South America Western Hemisphere World |
| Issue Date: | 2005 |
| metadata.dc.publisher.journal: | Journal of Tropical Ecology |
| metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: | Volume 21, Número 6, Pags. 699-702 |
| Abstract: | Most of the forests of the Amazon basin grow on nutrient-poor soils (Jordan 1982). Despite this, these forests remain productive through a variety of nutrient conservation mechanisms and a very effective system of organic matter decomposition and nutrient cycling (Jordan 1982). When an area of forest is fragmented however, the remaining patches experience modified microclimatic conditions (Camargo & Kapos 1995, Didham & Lawton 1999), and changes in floristic composition (Laurance et al. 1998), which can affect the decomposer community (Didham et al. 1996, Souza & Brown 1994) and consequently the decomposition process. Copyright © 2005 Cambridge University Press. |
| metadata.dc.identifier.doi: | 10.1017/S0266467405002762 |
| Appears in Collections: | Artigos |
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