Diversity of shrub tree layer, leaf litter decomposition and N release in a Brazilian Cerrado under N, P and N plus P additions

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2236-2242

  Jacobson, Tamiel Khan Baiocchi ^a   Bustamante, Mercedes Maria Da Cunha ^a   Kozovits, Alessandra Rodrigues ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ecosystem processes; Fertilization; NO fluxes; Savannas; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BRAZILIAN CERRADO; CERRADO; ECOSYSTEM PROCESS; FERTILIZATION; LEAF DECOMPOSITIONS; LEAF LITTER; LEAF LITTER DECOMPOSITION; MASS LOSS; NO EMISSIONS; NUTRIENT RELEASE; SAVANNAS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ECOSYSTEMS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SOIL POLLUTION;

VEGETATION;

NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); IMMOBILIZATION; LEAF LITTER; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SAVANNA; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREE;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LEAF LITTER; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CYCLE; PLANT DENSITY; SAVANNA; SHRUB; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES DOMINANCE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLE; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT LEAVES; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TREES;

EID: 80052319919     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.10.019     Document Type: Article

References (46)

1. S.D. Allison, and P.M. Vitousek Rapid nutrient cycling in leaf litter from invasive plants in Hawai'i Oecologia 141 2004 612 619 (Pubitemid 40033028)
2. P.M. Attwill, and M.A. Adams Nutrient cycling in forests New Phytologist 124 1993 561 582 (Pubitemid 24397260)
3. R. Bobbink, K. Hicks, J. Galloway, T. Spranger, R. Alkemade, M. Ashmore, M. Bustamante, S. Cinderby, E. Davidson, F. Dentener, B. Emmett, J.W. Erisman, M. Fenn, F. Gilliam, A. Nordin, L. Pardo, and W. de Vries Global assessment of nitrogen deposition effects on terrestrial plant diversity: a synthesis Ecological Applications 20 2010 30 59
4. M.M.C. Bustamante, E. Medina, G.P. Asner, G.B. Nardoto, and D.C. Garcia-Montiel Nitrogen cycling in tropical and temperate savannas Biogeochemistry 79 2006 209 237 (Pubitemid 44051374)
5. C.C. Cleveland, S.C. Reed, and A.R. Townsend Nutrient regulation of organic matter decomposition in a tropical rain forest Ecology 87 2006 492 503 (Pubitemid 43363705)
6. W.K. Cornwell, H.C. Cornelissen, E.D. Amatangelo, E. Dorrenpaal, V.T. Eviner, O. Godoy, S.E. Hobbie, B. Hoorens, H. Kurokawa, N. Pérez- Harguindeguy, H.M. Quested, L.S. Santiago, D.A. Wardle, I.J. Wright, R. Aerts, S.D. Allison, P.V. Bodegon, V. Brovkin, A. Chatain, T.V. Callaghan, S. Díaz, E. Garnier, D.E. Gurvich, E. Kazakou, J.A. Klein, J. Read, P.B. Reich, N.A. Soudzilovskaia, M.V. Vaieretti, and M. Westoby Plant species traits are the predominant control on litter decomposition rates within biomes worldwide Ecology Letters 11 2008 1065 1071
7. E.A. Davidson, and R.W. Howarth Nutrients in synergy Nature 449 2007 1000 1001
8. E.A. Davidson, M. Keller, H.E. Erickson, and E. Veldkamp Testing a conceptual model of soil emissions of nitrous and nitric oxides BioScience 50 2000 667 680 (Pubitemid 30661132)
9. G. Eiten The cerrado vegetation of Brazil Botanical Review 38 1972 201 341
10. J.J. Elser, M.E.S. Bracken, E.E. Cleland, D.S. Gruner, W.S. Harpole, H. Hillebrand, J.T. Ngai, E.W. Seabloom, J.B. Shurin, and J.E. Smith Global analysis of nitrogen and phosphorus limitation of primary producers in freshwater, marine and terrestrial ecosystems Ecology Letters 10 2007 1 8
11. EMBRAPA Manual de análises químicas de solos, plantas e fertilizantes first ed. 1999 Embrapa Brazil
12. P.G. Falkowski, R.J. Scholes, E. Boyle, J. Canadell, D. Canfield, and J. Elser The global carbon cycle: a test of our knowledge of Earth as a system Science 290 2000 291 296
13. S. Filoso, L.A. Martinelli, R.W. Howarth, E.W. Boyer, and F. Dentener Human activities changing the nitrogen cycle in Brazil Biogeochemistry 79 2006 61 89 (Pubitemid 44051368)
14. M.C. Fisk, and T.J. Fahey Microbial biomass and nitrogen cycling responses to fertilization and litter removal in Young northern hardwood forests Biogeochemistry 53 2001 201 223 (Pubitemid 32406497)
15. S. Güsewell N: P ratios in terrestrial plants: variation and functional significance New Phytologist 164 2004 243 266 (Pubitemid 39393907)
16. S. Güsewell Responses of wetland graminoids to the relative supply of nitrogen and phosphorus Plant Ecology 176 2005 35 55 (Pubitemid 40882787)
17. M. Haridasan Solos do Distrito Federal M. Novaes-Pinto, Cerrado: Caracterizaão, ocupaão e perspectivas - O caso do Distrito Federal 1994 Editora da Universidade de Brasília/SEMATEC Brasília 321 344
18. S.E. Hobbie, and P.M. Vitousek Nutrient limitation of decomposition in Hawaiian forests Ecology 81 2004 1867 1877
19. S.E. Hobbie Nitrogen effects on decomposition: a five-year experiment in eight temperate sites Ecology 89 2008 2633 2644
20. W.A. Hoffmann, and O.T. Solbrig The role of topkill in the differential response of savanna woody species to fire Forest Ecology and Management 180 2003 273 286 (Pubitemid 36832391)
21. J.B. Kauffman, D.L. Cummings, and D.E. Ward Relationships of fire, biomass and nutrient dynamics along a vegetation gradient in the Brazilian Cerrado Journal of Ecology 82 1994 519 531 (Pubitemid 2134077)
22. M. Kent, and P. Coker Vegetation Description and Analysis 1992 John Wiley & Sons London
23. C.A. Klink, and R.B. Machado Conservation of the Brazilian Cerrado Conservation Biology 19 2005 707 713 (Pubitemid 40764535)
24. M. Knorr, S.D. Frey, and P.S. Curtis Nitrogen additions and litter decomposition: a meta analysis Ecology 86 2005 3252 3257 (Pubitemid 43086900)
25. A.R. Kozovits, M.M.C. Bustamante, C.R. Garofalo, S. Bucci, A.C. Franco, G. Goldstein, and F.C. Meinzer Nutrient resorption and patterns of litter production and decomposition in a Neotropical Savanna Functional Ecology 21 2007 1034 1043 (Pubitemid 350126654)
26. S. Manzoni, R.B. Jackson, J.A. Trofymow, and A. Porporato The global stoichiometry of litter nitrogen mineralization Science 321 2008 684 686
27. F.C. Meinzer, G. Goldstein, A.C. Franco, M. Bustamante, E. Igler, P. Jackson, L.S. Caldas, and P.W. Rundel Atmospheric and hydraulic limitations on transpiration in Brazilian cerrado woody species Functional Ecology 13 1999 273 282 (Pubitemid 29267002)
28. M. Meier Nitratbestimmung in Boden-Proben (N-min-Methode) Labor Praxis 1991 244 247
29. D. Mueller-Dumbois, and H. Ellenberg Aims and Methods of Vegetation Ecology 1974 John Wiley & Sons New York
30. N.R.A. Myers, C.G. Mittermeier, G.A.B. Mittermeier, and J. Kent Biodiversity hotspots for conservation priorities Nature 403 2000 853 858 (Pubitemid 30130979)
31. G.B. Nardoto, M.M.C. Bustamante, A.S.P. Pinto, and C.A. Klink Nutrient use efficiency at ecosystem and species level in savanna areas of Central Brazil and impacts of fire Journal of Tropical Ecology 22 2006 191 201 (Pubitemid 43197445)
32. A.M. O'Connel Decomposition and nutrient content of litter in a fertilized eucalypt forest Biology and Fertility of Soils 17 1994 159 166
33. J.S. Olson Energy storage and the balance of producers and decomposers in ecological systems Ecology 44 1963 322 331
34. J.R.R. Peres, A.R. Suhet, M.A.T. Vargas, and A. Drozdowicz Litter production in areas of Brazilian "cerrados" Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira 18 1983 1037 1043
35. 2 in Brazilian Savannas: effects of vegetation type, seasonality, and prescribed fires Journal of Geophysical Research 107 2002 571 579
36. C.E.B. Proena, and P.E. Gibbs Reproductive biology of eight sympatric Myrtaceae from Central Brazil New Phytologist 126 1994 343 354
37. J.A. Ratter, and T.C.D. Dargie An analysis of the floristic composition of 26 cerrado areas in Brazil Edinburgh Journal of Botany 49 1992 235 250
38. F.G. Scholz, S.J. Bucci, G. Goldstein, M.Z. Moreira, F.C. Meinzer, J.C. Domec, R. Villalobos-Vega, A.C. Franco, and F. Miralles-Wilhelm Biophysical and life-history determinants of hydraulic lift in Neotropical savanna trees Functional Ecology 22 2008 773 786
39. I. Siddique, I.C.G. Vieira, S. Schmidt, D. Lamb, C.J.R. Carvalho, R.O. Figueiredo, S. Blomberg, and E.A. Davidson Nitrogen and phosphorus additions negatively affect tree species diversity in tropical Forest regrowth trajectories Ecology 91 7 2010 2121 2131
40. B.L. Turner Resource partitioning for soil phosphorus: a hypothesis Journal of Ecology 96 2008 698 702 (Pubitemid 351822137)
41. P.M. Vitousek, H.A. Mooney, J. Lubchenco, and J.M. Melilo Human domination of earth's ecosystem Science 227 1997 494 499
42. P.M. Vitousek Nutrient Cycling and Limitation: Hawai'i as a Model System. Princeton Environmental Institute Series 2004 Princeton University Press New Jersey
43. M.J. Wassen, H.O. Venterink, E.D. Lapshina, and F. Tanneberger Endangered plants persist under phosphorus limitation Nature 437 2005 547 550 (Pubitemid 41613551)
44. M. Watt, and J.R. Evans Proteoid roots. Physiology and development Plant Physiology 121 1999 317 323 (Pubitemid 29498892)
45. J.T. Weedon, K. Cornwell, J.H.C. Cornelissen, A.E. Zanne, C. Wirth, and D.A. Coomes Global meta-analysis of wood decomposition rates: a role for trait variation among species? Ecology Letters 12 2009 45 56
46. D. Zhang, D. Hui, Y. Luo, and G. Zhou Rates of litter decomposition in terrestrial ecosystems: global patterns and controlling factors Journal of Plant Ecology 1 2008 85 93