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Trees : Volume 29, Issue 1, February 2015

Litterfall production and chemistry of Koompassia malaccensis and Shorea uliginosa in a tropical peat swamp forest: plant nutrient regulation and climate relationships

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Author	Ong, Cheryl S. P. Juan, Joon Ching Yule, Catherine M.
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	This study shows that two emergent tree species growing in a nutrient-limited tropical peat swamp forest use different mechanisms for nutrient regulation. The main aim of this study is to understand the contribution of litterfall to nutrient supply and regulation of two emergent tree species in a tropical peat swamp forest (TPSF) in Peninsular Malaysia. The questions posed by this study include: (1) Do coexisting tree species in TPSF differ in terms of litter production, physico-chemical traits and litterfall patterns? (2) How do these relate to possible nutrient regulation mechanisms of the tree species and do the strategies involved differ between a nitrogen (N) fixing legume (Koompassia malaccensis, Family Fabaceae) and a dipterocarp (Shorea uliginosa, Family Dipterocarpaceae)? (3) Is litterfall timing of the selected tree species driven by climatic variables? Litterfall was collected from litter traps placed under the selected trees in the Sungai Karang TPSF. Green leaves of the selected tree species were also collected. Both leaf litter and green leaves were assessed for their physico-chemical properties (toughness, total phenols, total tannins, proximate fibre–cellulose–lignin and a range of nutrients) and compared. Results obtained indicate that K. malaccensis relies on a combination of high litter quality (higher N coupled with lower amount of tannins, fibre and cellulose) and low annual litterfall mass (388.17 g m−2) for nutrient regulation while the opposite strategy is used by S. uliginosa, which was found to produce an annual litterfall mass of 918.14 g m−2. Due to the aseasonal environment, no significant relationships were observed between climatic variables and litterfall. Therefore, litterfall characteristics in aseasonal tropical regions may depend more on species-specific physico-chemical properties than on climatic variables.
Starting Page	527
Ending Page	537
Page Count	11
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09311890
Journal	Trees
Volume Number	29
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	14322285
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publisher Date	2014-11-29
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Litterfall pattern Litter quality Biogeochemistry Nutrient regulation Climate–litterfall relationship Emergent tree species Peat swamp Forestry Plant Sciences Agriculture Plant Anatomy/Development Plant Pathology Plant Physiology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Ecology Physiology Plant Science Forestry

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