Search Results - "Luizão, Flavio J."

Black carbon affects the cycling of non-black carbon in soil by Liang, Biqing, Lehmann, Johannes, Sohi, Saran P., Thies, Janice E., O’Neill, Brendan, Trujillo, Lucerina, Gaunt, John, Solomon, Dawit, Grossman, Julie, Neves, Eduardo G., Luizão, Flavio J.

“…Black carbon (BC) is an important fraction of many soils worldwide and plays an important role in global C biogeochemistry. However, few studies have examined…”
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Stability of biomass-derived black carbon in soils by Liang, Biqing, Lehmann, Johannes, Solomon, Dawit, Sohi, Saran, Thies, Janice E., Skjemstad, Jan O., Luizão, Flavio J., Engelhard, Mark H., Neves, Eduardo G., Wirick, Sue

“…Black carbon (BC) may play an important role in the global C budget, due to its potential to act as a significant sink of atmospheric CO 2. In order to fully…”
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Variation in aboveground tree live biomass in a central Amazonian Forest: Effects of soil and topography by de Castilho, Carolina V., Magnusson, William E., de Araújo, R. Nazaré O., Luizão, Regina C.C., Luizão, Flávio J., Lima, Albertina P., Higuchi, Niro

“…We used forest inventories, conducted in seventy-two 1-ha permanent plots to assess the variation in tree and palm aboveground live biomass (AGLB), and its…”
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Variation of carbon and nitrogen cycling processes along a topographic gradient in a central Amazonian forest by Luizao, R.C.C, Luizao, F.J, Paiva, R.Q, Monteiro, T.F, Sousa, L.S, Kruijts, B

“…It is well recognized in the literature that topography can influence soil nutrient stocks and dynamics in temperate regions, but for tropical forests, this…”
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Water balance, nutrient and carbon export from a heath forest catchment in central Amazonia, Brazil by Zanchi, Fabrício B., Waterloo, Maarten J., Tapia, Andrés Peralta, Alvarado Barrientos, Maria S., Bolson, Marcos A., Luizão, Flávio J., Manzi, Antônio O., Dolman, Albertus J.

“…Carbon storage values in the Amazon basin have been studied through different approaches in the last decades in order to clarify whether the rainforest…”
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Leaf and Soil Nutrients in a Chronosequence of Second-Growth Forest in Central Amazonia: Implications for Restoration of Abandoned Lands by Gomes, Ana C. S., Luizão, Flávio J.

“…Subsistence agriculture, cattle ranching, and periodical land abandonment are common land‐use practices in Amazonia. Because changes in land use affect…”
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Soil CO2 exchange in seven pristine Amazonian rain forest sites in relation to soil temperature by Zanchi, Fabrício B., Meesters, Antoon G.C.A., Waterloo, Maarten J., Kruijt, Bart, Kesselmeier, Jürgen, Luizão, Flávio J., Dolman, Albertus J.

“…•Soil CO2 efflux measured in seven pristine Amazon rain forest sites.•Mean soil respiration depends on soil type, texture and moisture.•The…”
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Short-Term Temporal Changes in Tree Live Biomass in a Central Amazonian Forest, Brazil by de Castilho, Carolina V., Magnusson, William E., de Araújo, R. Nazaré O., Luizão, Flávio J.

“…We monitored seventy-two 1 ha permanent plots spread over 64 km² of terra firme forest at Reserva Ducke (Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil) over 2-yr intervals to…”
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Effect of earthworm addition on soil nitrogen availability, microbial biomass and litter decomposition in mesocosms by Araujo, Y, Luizao, F.J, Barros, E

“…The aim of the study was to determine the effect of adding two tropical earthworm species, Rhinodrilus contortus and Pontoscolex corethrurus, to mesocosms on…”
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Dissolved organic carbon concentration and its relationship to electrical conductivity in the waters of a stream in a forested Amazonian blackwater catchment by Monteiro, Maria T.F, Oliveira, Sylvia M, Luizão, Flávio J, Cândido, Luiz A, Ishida, Françoise Y, Tomasella, Javier

“…Background: Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) is a major component of the total carbon in headstreams in Amazonia. Long-term measurements of DOC concentration are…”
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Soil acidity and nutrient deficiency in central Amazonian heath forest soils by Luizão, Flávio J, Luizão, Regina C. C, Proctor, John

“…Experiments were carried out to test the effects of liming and nutrient additions on plant growth and soil processes such as C and N mineralisation in three…”
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The influence of the conservation status and changes in the rainfall regime on forest-savanna mosaic dynamics in Northern Brazilian Amazonia by Couto-Santos, Fabiana R., Luizão, Flávio J., Carneiro Filho, Arnaldo

“…Coupled carbon/climate models are predicting changes in Amazon carbon and water cycles for the near future, with conversion of forest into savanna-like…”
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Soil-induced impacts on forest structure drive coarse woody debris stocks across central Amazonia by Martins, Demétrius L, Schietti, Juliana, Feldpausch, Ted R, Luizão, Flávio J, Phillips, Oliver L, Andrade, Ana, Castilho, Carolina V, Laurance, Susan G, Oliveira, Átila, Amaral, Ieda L, Toledo, José J, Lugli, Laynara F, Veiga Pinto, José Luiz Purri, Oblitas Mendoza, Erick M, Quesada, Carlos A

“…Background: Coarse woody debris (CWD) is an essential component in tropical forest ecosystems and its quantity varies widely with forest types. Aims:…”
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Inorganic and organic phosphorus pools in earthworm casts (Glossoscolecidae) and a Brazilian rainforest Oxisol by Kuczak, Christienne N., Fernandes, Erick C.M., Lehmann, Johannes, Rondon, Marco A., Luizão, Flavio J.

“…We compared differences in soil phosphorus fractions between large earthworm casts (Family Glossoscolecidae) and surrounding soils, i.e., Oxisols in 10…”
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Fine root growth and nutrient release in decomposing leaf litter in three contrasting vegetation types in central Amazonia by Luizão, Regina C. C, Luizão, Flávio J, Proctor, John

“…We tested the hypothesis that the growth of fine roots upward into the leaf litter, forming a 'surface root mat', found widely in Amazonian forests, is of…”
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Litter manipulation and associated invertebrate fauna in secondary forest, central Amazonia, Brazil by Santos, Evanira M.R., Franklin, Elizabeth, Luizão, Flávio J.

“…Plant litter from selected tree species has been used for improving soil productivity in low-input systems of secondary vegetation in Central Amazon, leading…”
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Carbon and nutrient stocks in the litter layer of agroforestry systems in central Amazonia, Brazil by TAPIA-CORAL, Sandra C, LUIZAO, Flavio J, WANDELLI, Elisa, FERNANDES, Erick C. M

“…Both second-growth and agroforestry systems (AFs) have the potential for recovering thousands of abandoned pasturelands in Amazon. The AFs may do it faster…”
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Litter production and litter nutrient concentrations in a fragmented Amazonian landscape by Vasconcelos, H.L, Luizao, F.J

“…We analyzed the effects of distance to forest edge and soil texture on finelitter production and on nutrient concentrations in the leaf fall in an…”
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Evaluation of soil fertility in smallholder agroforestry systems and pastures in western Amazonia by Alfaia, Sonia S., Ribeiro, Gilberto A., Nobre, Antônio D., Luizão, Regina C., Luizão, Flávio J.

“…Agroforestry systems are often mentioned as a type of sustainable agriculture that is appropriate for the edapho-climatic conditions of Amazonia. However,…”
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Fine litter accumulation in Central Amazonian Tropical Rainforest canopy by Couto-Santos, Fabiana Rita do(Instituto Nacional de pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)), Luizão, Flávio J(Instituto Nacional de pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA))

“…Fine litter dynamics within the canopy differ from litter dynamics on the forest floor for reasons such as differences in microclimate, substrate, disturbance…”
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