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Soil quality literature in Brazil: A systematic review

texto completo; Brazilian soil scientists have increased the use of the term “soil quality” in their scientific publications in the last decade. However, it remains unclear if those publications only mention “soil quality” in a broad context, or the studies are focused on soil quality assessments, integrating soil chemical, physical and biological indicators. The objective of this systematic review was to carry...

Processos hidrológicos em uma sub-bacia do Parque Estadual da Serra do Mar, núc...

O presente estudo busca caracterizar o funcionamento hidrológico de uma sub-bacia com cobertura de Mata Atlântica, localizada no Parque Estadual da Serra do Mar, núcleo Santa Virgínia. Para isso, foram monitorados entre os anos de 2008 e 2009, alguns processos hidrológicos: escoamento superficial, umidade do solo (0,15, 0,30, 0,50 e 0,90 metros de profundidade), transprecipitação, precipitação e vazão, através ...

Slow growth rates of Amazonian trees: Consequences for carbon cycling

Quantifying age structure and tree growth rate of Amazonian forests is essential for understanding their role in the carbon cycle. Here, we use radiocarbon dating and direct measurement of diameter increment to document unexpectedly slow growth rates for trees from three locations spanning the Brazilian Amazon basin. Central Amazon trees, averaging only ≈1 mm/year diameter increment, grow half as fast as those ...

The Relationship Between 18O/16O and 13C/12C Ratios of Ambient CO2 in two Amazo...

Basin-wide variations in foliar properties of Amazonian forest: Phylogeny, soil...

We analysed 1040 individual trees, located in 62 plots across the Amazon Basin for leaf mass per unit area (MA), foliar carbon isotopic composition (δ13C) and leaf level concentrations of C, N, P, Ca, Mg, K and Al. All trees were identified to the species level with the dataset containing 58 families, 236 genera and 508 species, distributed across a wide range of soil types and precipitation regimes. Some folia...

Variation in nitrogen use strategies and photosynthetic pathways among vascular...

(Variation in nitrogen use strategies and photosynthetic pathways among vascular epiphytes in the Brazilian Central Amazon). The variation in nitrogen use strategies and photosynthetic pathways among vascular epiphyte families was addressed in a white-sand vegetation in the Brazilian Central Amazon. Foliar nitrogen and carbon concentrations and their isotopic composition (δ15N and δ13C, respectively) were measu...

Estimation of biomass and carbon stocks: The case of the Atlantic Forest

The main objective of this paper is to present and discuss the best methods to estimate live above ground biomass in the Atlantic Forest. The methods presented and conclusions are the products of a workshop entitled "Estimation of Biomass and Carbon Stocks: the Case of Atlantic Rain Forest". Aboveground biomass (AGB) in tropical forests is mainly contained in trees. Tree biomass is a function of wood volume, ob...

Factors influencing the food transition in riverine communities in the Brazilia...

Impacts of converting low-intensity pastureland to high-intensity bioenergy cro...

Nitrogen mass balance in the Brazilian Amazon: an update

O principal objetivo deste estudo é realizar um balanço do nitrogênio em toda a Região Amazônica Brasileira. As principais entradas de nitrogênio na região foram a fixação biológica do nitrogênio que ocorre nas florestas tropicais (7,7 Tg.ano-1) e a fixação biológica do nitrogênio em terras agrícolas, que ocorre principalmente devido à existência de grandes áreas de cultivo de soja, uma importante cultura de fi...