Tree species richness affects litter production and decomposition rates in a tropical biodiversity experiment

By M. Scherer‐Lorenzen, J. L. Bonilla, C. Potvin. 2007

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Subfields: Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Litterfall Dynamics Under Different Tropical Forest Restoration Strategies in Costa Rica (2011, background): “Although plant species density and diversity were higher in secondary forest plots, these structural variables were not correlated with litter productivity, as in previous studies (Lugo 1992, Wardle et al. 1997, Scherer-Lorenzen et al. 2007).”
Is forest diversity driving ecosystem function and service (2010, methodology): “The following literature was used: biota community property: [14,15 ,16–23,27 ,29], resistance to herbivory [25,26,27 ,28,29], invasion resistance [24], production [30,32 ,33,34 ,35,40,43], survival [32 ,34 ,40] recruitment [25,40], litter production [31,44], root biomass [22,45], soil C [46], eleme”
Biodiversity in forest carbon sequestration initiatives: not just a side benefit (2009, background): “For example, observational and experimental studies show that the composition of plant species and genotype mixtures, and in some cases their richness and spatial arrangement, can significantly influence stand-level properties such as the amount of biomass production [30], its stability [31], nutrie”
Is Tree Species Diversity or Species Identity the More Important Driver of Soil Carbon Stocks, C/N Ratio, and pH? (2016, background): “…provide higher soil 51 carbon stocks and soil nutrient status (Scherer-Lorenzen et al., 2007b; Nadrowski et al., 2010) and whether 52 these functions increase with diversity or just level off within mixtures of two or three tree species (Schwartz 53 et al., 2000; Scherer-Lorenzen et al., 2007b).”
Establishment of native tropical timber trees in monoculture and mixed-species plantations: Small-scale effects on tree performance and insect herbivory (2011, methodology): “The site was used for agriculture for two years and then converted into pasture for cattle farming by seeding grasses (Scherer-Lorenzen et al., 2007).”
Tropical tree diversity enhances light capture through crown plasticity and spatial and temporal niche differences (2014, methodology): “Strong seasonal variations in net ecosystem CO2 exchange of a tropical pasture and afforestation in Panama.”
Crown plasticity enables trees to optimize canopy packing in mixed-species forests (2015, background): “Coupled with likely increases in leaf litter production (Jonckheere et al. 2004; Scherer-Lorenzen et al. 2007), the greater ability of dense canopies to retain moisture helps explain faster decomposition and nutrient cycling rates in mixed forests (Ryan, Binkley & Fownes 1997; Janssens et al.”