ORGANIC-MATTER AND NUTRIENT DYNAMICS OF FINE AND COARSE ROOTS DURING RECOVERY OF A FELLED SUBTROPICAL HUMID FOREST

Authors
ARUNACHALAM A PANDEY HN MAITHANI K TRIPATHI RS
Citation
A. Arunachalam et al., ORGANIC-MATTER AND NUTRIENT DYNAMICS OF FINE AND COARSE ROOTS DURING RECOVERY OF A FELLED SUBTROPICAL HUMID FOREST, Russian journal of ecology, 28(6), 1997, pp. 380-385
Citations number
18
Journal title
Russian journal of ecology → ACNP
ISSN journal
10674136
Volume
28
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
380 - 385
Database
ISI
SICI code
1067-4136(1997)28:6<380:OANDOF>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Biomass, production, nutrient input and mineralization dynamics of fin e and coarse roots in the top 0- to 30-cm soil layer were studied in 8 -, 14- and 17-year-old forest regrowths in the humid subtropics of nor th-eastern India. Fine root production and accumulation was strongly i nfluenced by climatic variables (rainfall, air temperature), soil cond itions (soil organic matter, total Kjeldahl nitrogen, available P) and vegetational characteristics (density, basal area).