caa a22 4500 465806589 CHVBK 20180323112106.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19900401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF03053438 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF03053438 Bhat D. Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, 560 012, Bangalore, India aut Litter production and seasonality in tropical moist forest ecosystems of Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka [Elektronische Daten] [D Bhat] Microlitterfall, ground litter and large wood litterfall were quantified in differently managed forest ecosystems of Uttara Kannada district (lat. 13°55′ to 15°31′N; long. 74°9′ to 75°10′E) with an annual rainfall of 2500 mm largely restricted to 5 months from June-October. Total microlitter produced ranged from 5-10 t/ha/year, ground litter produced ranged from 12-21 t/ha/year and largewood litterfall values ranged from 0·15-1·24 t/ha/year. In all the forest sites leaflitter was found to be major component which constituted 65-92% of the total microlitterfall and 75-94% of the total groundlitter produced. There appeared to be little seasonality in the total microlitterfall in the forest sites with a greater diversity of species, but the seasonal variation was distinct in monoculture and few species dominated vegetation types. Microlitterfall and ground litter production were highest in the dry season and they were negatively correlated with mean monthly rainfall. Indian Academy of Sciences, 1990 Leaf litter nationallicence litter production nationallicence seasonality nationallicence tropical forest nationallicence Proceedings: Plant Sciences Springer India 100/2(1990-04-01), 139-152 0370-0097 100:2<139 1990 100 12388 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03053438 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03053438 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Bhat D. Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, 560 012, Bangalore, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Proceedings: Plant Sciences Springer India 100/2(1990-04-01), 139-152 0370-0097 100:2<139 1990 100 12388 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer