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Soil nutrient status after bamboo flowering and death in a seasonal tropical forest in western Thailand
Author(s) -
Takahashi Masamichi,
Furusawa Hitomi,
Limtong Pitayakon,
Sunanthapongsuk Vanlada,
Marod Dokrak,
Panuthai Samruan
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
ecological research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.628
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1440-1703
pISSN - 0912-3814
DOI - 10.1007/s11284-006-0194-6
Subject(s) - bamboo , litter , bambusa , nutrient , soil nutrients , plant litter , agronomy , tropics , biology , nutrient cycle , environmental science , botany , ecology
We have examined the surface (0–10 cm) soil characteristics of sites after bamboo ( Cephalostachyum pergracile ) mass flowering and death (DB sites) in comparison with sites with living bamboo ( Bambusa tulda ) (LB sites) in a seasonal tropical forest in Thailand. One year after bamboo flowering the DB sites were acidic with lower concentrations of exchangeable Ca and Mg and soil nitrogen than the LB sites. Therefore, although leaf and root litter of the dead bamboo was deposited in the DB sites after bamboo flowering, soil nutrient status decreased.