Litter inputs and standing stocks in riparian zones and streams under secondary forest and managed and abandoned cocoa agroforestry systems.
Haialla Carolina Rialli Santos BrandãoCamila Andrade Coqueiro MoraesAna Paula SilvaJosé Francisco Gonçalves JúniorRenan de Souza RezendeDaniela Mariano Lopes da SilvaPublished in: PeerJ (2022)
. Leaves contributed most to all litter fractions in all forests. Reproductive plant parts accounted for a larger proportion in managed AFS. Branches and miscellaneous litter were also similar in all forests, except for higher benthic standing stocks of miscellaneous litter in the SF. Despite differences in the amounts of litter inputs and standing stocks among the forests, seasonal patterns in the abandoned AFS (AC) were more similar to those of the secondary forest (SF) than the managed AFS, suggesting potential of abandoned AFS to restore litter dynamics resembling those of secondary forests.
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