Fine-root production in two secondary forest sites with distinct ages in Eastern Amazon Produção de raízes finas em dois sítios de floresta secundária com diferentes idades na Amazônia Oriental

The objective of this work was to assess the fine-root (≤ 2 mm diameter) production dynamics of two forest regrowths at different ages. Fine-root production was monitored by the ingrowth core method in one 18-year-old site (2 ha) and one 10-year-old site (0.5 ha), both localized in the Ape...

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Main Authors: Tâmara Thaiz Santana Lima, Izildinha Souza Miranda, Steel Silva Vasconcelos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia 2012-03-01
Series:Acta Amazonica
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0044-59672012000100012