Título:	Nitrogen pools in tropical plantations of N2-fixing and non-N2-fixing legume trees under different tree stand densities.
Autor:	BIGHI, K. N. PAULA, R. R. CALDEIRA, M. V. W. BURAK, D. L. MENDONÇA, E. de S. SOUZA, P. H. de DELARMELINA, W. M. BALIEIRO, F. de C.
Afiliación:	KELLY NERY BIGHI, UFES; RANIERI RIBEIRO PAULA, UFES; MARCOS VINÍCIUS WINCKLER CALDEIRA, UFES; DIEGO LANG BURAK, UFES; EDUARDO DE SÁ MENDONÇA, UFES; PAULO HENRIQUE DE SOUZA, IFMG; WILLIAM MACEDO DELARMELINA, IFES; FABIANO DE CARVALHO BALIEIRO, CNPS.
Año:	2021
Referencia:	Nitrogen, v. 2, n. 1, p. 86-98, 2021.
Descripción:	We investigated the nitrogen pools in monocultures of legume species widely used in reforestation in Brazil that have contrasting growth and nitrogen acquisition strategies. The plantations were established with the slow-growing and N2-fixing tree Anadenanthera peregrina var. peregrina, and the fast-growing and non-fixing tree Schizolobium parahyba var. amazonicum. The measurements of N pools in the tree biomass and the soil followed standard methods and were carried out on 54 experimental plots. The N2 fixation pools were evaluated by abundance natural of 15N and the N accretion methods. The soil N content was of similar magnitude between species and stand densities. The species showed similar amounts of N in the biomass, but divergent patterns of N accumulation, as well as the 15N signature on the leaves. S. parahyba accumulated most N in the stem, while A. peregrina accumulated N in the roots and leaves. However, the N accumulation in biomass of A. peregrina stand was less constrained by environment than in S. parahyba stands. The percentage of N derived from N2 fixation in A. peregrina stands decreased with the increase of stand density. The biological N2 fixation estimates depended on the method and the response of tree species to environment.
Thesagro:	Floresta Reflorestamento Fixação de Nitrogênio
NAL Thesaurus:	Forest plantations Forest restoration Nitrogen fixation Nitrogen balance
Palabras clave:	Functional traits N2 biological fixation 15N natural abundance
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.3390/nitrogen2010006
Tipo de Material:	Artigo de periódico
Acceso:	openAccess
Aparece en las colecciones:	Artigo em periódico indexado (CNPS)