Overall, standing crop was modeled with litterfall and its chemical composition, in situ decomposability, soil Na, and topography (r 2 = 0.69, 36 plots). Litterfall was most closely aligned with plant ...

Nutrient deposition to the forest floor of an alluvial swamp in the North Carolina Coastal Plain was measured and compared with other wetland and upland forests. For the alluvial forest, annual ...

A 17-year experiment in Panama revealed that the process of leaves falling and decomposing on the ground provides nutrients to the soil that help promote tree growth in otherwise infertile ...