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Litterfall production in human-modified forests of Eastern Amazonia

This dataset includes measurements of litter in 20 plots (250 x 10 m each) in the Brazilian Amazon. Study plots were distributed across a gradient of forest disturbance, including: undisturbed primary forests , logged primary forests, logged-and-burned primary forests, and secondary forests. Data were collected from January 2015 until October 2018. In December 2015, during the El Niño-mediated drought, eight of our study plots were affected by understory fires. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/d01084b2-c3b1-4187-b2e7-b0827c738855

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2019-02-01
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https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/d01084b2-c3b1-4187-b2e7-b0827c738855
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doi: / 10.5285/d01084b2-c3b1-4187-b2e7-b0827c738855
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Berenguer, E., Rossi, L.C., Seixas, M.M.M., Barlow, J. (2019). Litterfall production in human-modified forests of Eastern Amazonia. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/d01084b2-c3b1-4187-b2e7-b0827c738855
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  Lancaster University - Berenguer, E.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8157-8792
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  Universidade Estadual Paulista - Rossi, L.C.
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  Unaffiliated - Seixas, M.M.M.
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  Lancaster University - Barlow, J.
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  Lancaster University - Berenguer, E.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8157-8792
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  NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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  NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Berenguer, E., Rossi, L.C., Seixas, M.M.M., Barlow, J. (2019). Litterfall production in human-modified forests of Eastern Amazonia. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/d01084b2-c3b1-4187-b2e7-b0827c738855
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2015-01-01
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2018-10-31
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2010-12-08
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We sampled litter in 20 study plots (0.25ha) distributed along a gradient of forest disturbance in Eastern Amazonia: undisturbed primary forests (n = 5), logged primary forests (n = 5), logged-and-burned primary forests (n = 5), and secondary forests (n = 5). Forest disturbance classes were based on both an analysis of canopy disturbance in a chronosequence of satellite images (1988 to 2010) and on field assessments of fire scars, charcoal, and logging debris. Six litterfall traps (50 x 50 cm; 0.25 m2) were installed in each plot, spaced 50 m apart. Traps were placed 1.20 m above the ground. Trap contents at each site were collected every two weeks. All samples were taken to the field lab and separated into six parts – leaves, flowers, fruits, seeds, wood, and rest (i.e. non-identifiable parts). Samples were then oven-dried at 80oC for 3 days before being and weighed to the nearest 0.01 g.
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2025-11-13T16:19:33
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Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg , Lancaster , LA1 4AP , UK
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