Aboveground litterfall in Eurasian forests

Abstract

With a data set of Eurasian forest litter fall based on 471 stands, annual litterfall was estimated to be 6.53 Pg dm·a⁻¹ (1 Pg=10¹⁵ g;dm, dry matter) in Eurasian forests, of which more than half occurred in tropical and subtropical forests, and a third in the boreal area. With litterfall, around 2.94 Pg C per year is transferred from the forest vegetation to the soil on this continent.

Keywords

Carbon flux / Eurasian forests / Litterfall / S718.55 / A

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