Fluxes in litter decomposition in three selected indigenous species and teak in a converted rainforest ecosystem in southwestern Nigeria

Authors

  • AF Ojo Department of Afforestastion, Ministry of Lands, Housing and Environment, Ado - Ekiti
  • O Kadeba Department of Forestry and Wood Technology, Federal University of Technology, Akure
  • J Kayode Department of Plant Science, University of Ado-Ekiti, Ado-Ekiti

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjsir.v47i3.13069

Keywords:

Litter decomposition, Indigenous species, Converted rainforest ecosystem, Nigeria

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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2012-12-21

How to Cite

Ojo, A., Kadeba, O., & Kayode, J. (2012). Fluxes in litter decomposition in three selected indigenous species and teak in a converted rainforest ecosystem in southwestern Nigeria. Bangladesh Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research, 47(3), 333–338. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjsir.v47i3.13069

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Vol. 47 No. 3 (2012)

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