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Type:	Artigo de Periódico
Title:	Litter decomposition in wet and dry ecosystems of the Brazilian Cerrado
Authors:	Betânia Guedessouza e Brito Maria Das Dores Magalhães Veloso Judith Sarneel Luiz Alberto Dolabela Falcão Juliana Martins Ribeiro Leidivan Almeida Frazão Geraldo Wilson Fernandes
Abstract:	Decomposition of plant litter is a crucial process in carbon and nutrient cycling in all ecosystems, but our understanding of drivers of this process in Brazilian Cerrado (savanna) ecosystems is limited. We determined the decomposition rate and the stabilisation factor in areas of cerrado sensu stricto and palm swamp (vereda) in Bonito de Minas, Minas Gerais, south-eastern Brazil. These two major Cerrado ecosystems differ markedly in environmental conditions, but primarily in water and soil conditions. We used the standardised Tea Bag Index method, characterised soil parameters, and microbial activity to evaluate the decomposition process between these ecosystems. We found higher decomposition rates in the palm swamp compared to cerrado sensu stricto, possibly due to higher soil temperature and humidity conditions and higher microbial biomass.
Subject:	Metodo de decomposição Humus Savanas Microorganismos do solo
language:	eng
metadata.dc.publisher.country:	Brasil
Publisher:	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Publisher Initials:	UFMG
metadata.dc.publisher.department:	ICA - INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS AGRÁRIAS
Rights:	Acesso Restrito
metadata.dc.identifier.doi:	https://doi.org/10.1071/SR18317
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/1843/54039
Issue Date:	2020
metadata.dc.url.externa:	https://www.publish.csiro.au/sr/sr18317
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof:	Soil Research
Appears in Collections:	Artigo de Periódico

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