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Variation in fine-root biomass and net primary productivity due to conversion of tropical forests into plantation crops and agroecosystems

  • Sundarapandian S
  • Swamy P
Springer Netherlands, (1998), 369-382
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-5270-9_30
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Abstract

The changes in fine-root biomass and net primary productivity (NPP)following conversion of tropical forests (evergreen and deciduous) intoforest plantations (teak, Acacia, Albizzia, rubber) and agroecosystems(banana, pepper, cassava, areca-nut) were studied at Kodayar in WesternGhats, South India. Very fine (less than or equal to 1 mm) and fine (> 1- less than or equal to -3 mm) root biomass and NPP were significantlyaltered in man-modified ecosystems such as forest plantations andagroecosystems. Very fine-root biomass and NPP were significantly (P

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Sundarapandian, S., & Swamy, P. (1998). Variation in fine-root biomass and net primary productivity due to conversion of tropical forests into plantation crops and agroecosystems. In Root Demographics and Their Efficiencies in Sustainable Agriculture, Grasslands and Forest Ecosystems (pp. 369–382). Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5270-9_30

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