Litterfall and nutrients return in Nothofagus antarctica forests growing in a site quality gradient with different management uses in Southern Patagonia

• Published in: European Journal of Forest Research
• Main Authors: Bahamonde, Héctor Alejandro, Peri, Pablo Luis, Martínez Pastur, Guillermo José, Monelos, Lucas H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Nothofagus; Bosques; Hojarasca; Nutrientes; Sistemas Silvopascícolas; Características del Sitio; Forests; Plant Litter; Nutrients; Silvopastoral Systems; Site Factors; Nothofagus antarctica; Región Patagónica; Sistemas Silvopastoriles; Ñire; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/2355; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10342-014-0837-z; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-014-0837-z

We evaluated the annual litterfall and nutrients return in primary forests of Nothofagus antarctica growing at three different site classes (SC) (III, IV and V) and compared two of these forests with adjacent stands under silvopastoral use (thinned 40 years ago), in Patagonia, Argentina. Traps were...