Abstract
The study investigated the rate of litter decomposition in three prominent litter releasing indigenous tree species in the natural rainforest and an exotic species Teak, Tectona grandis Lim., in the adjacent plantation in Akure forest reserve, southwestern Nigeria. Results showed that teak had the highest litter decomposition rate and Mansonia altissima the least. There was no relationship between the rates of decomposition among all species examined. The implication is that teak litter had the highest probability of releasing litter nutrients into the soil nutrient pool than any of the selected indigenous tree species while Mansonia altissima had the least. However all species had high decomposition rates. This implies that soil fertility will be maintained if any of the tree species were to be used for monoculture plantations. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjsir.v47i3.13069 Bangladesh J. Sci. Ind. Res. 47(3), 333-338 2012
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Claims 7
Claim · model-written summary
Teak had the highest litter decomposition rate.
Verbatim
e0“teak had the highest litter decomposition rate”
e1“Teak, Tectona grandis Lim.”
Claim · model-written summary
Mansonia altissima had the lowest litter decomposition rate.
- Taxon
- Mansonia altissima
Mansonia altissimae0 - Outcome
- litter decomposition ratee1
- Direction
- leaste0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Mansonia altissima the least”
e1“teak had the highest litter decomposition rate and Mansonia altissima the least”
Claim · model-written summary
Decomposition rates had no relationship among the studied species.
Verbatim
e0“There was no relationship between the rates of decomposition among all species examined”
t0“three selected indigenous species and teak”
Claim · model-written summary
All studied species had high decomposition rates.
Verbatim
e0“all species had high decomposition rates”
t0“three selected indigenous species and teak”
Claim · model-written summary
Teak litter was inferred to have the highest probability of nutrient release to soil.
Verbatim
e0“teak litter had the highest probability of releasing litter nutrients into the soil nutrient pool than any of the selected indigenous tree species”
Claim · model-written summary
Mansonia altissima was inferred to have the lowest nutrient-release probability.
- Taxon
- Mansonia altissimaMansonia altissimae0
- Outcome
- probability of releasing litter nutrients into the soil nutrient poole1
- Direction
- leaste0
- Qualifier
- Mansonia altissimae0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Mansonia altissima had the least”
e1“The implication is that teak litter had the highest probability of releasing litter nutrients into the soil nutrient pool than any of the selected indigenous tree species while Mansonia altissima had the least”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors inferred that any studied tree species could maintain soil fertility in monoculture plantations.
Verbatim
e0“soil fertility will be maintained if any of the tree species were to be used for monoculture plantations”
t0“three selected indigenous species and teak”