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Net aerial primary production and accumulation of nutrients by the grasses and nongrasses of the ground layer community of a cerrado vegetation in central Brazil were determined in burnt and unburnt areas. The net aerial primary production of the ground layer community was 327 gm−2 in the unburnt area and only 242 gm−2 in the burnt area during the first year after fire. Grasses contributed 68 to 78% of the aerial biomass of the ground layer in the unburnt area. The live biomass in the burnt and unburnt areas was comparable by the end of the first dry period after the fire. The major part of N, P and K in the aerial biomass was in the grasses. The concentration of all nutrients in the aerial biomass was generally higher in the burnt area during the first year after the fire.
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Batmanian, G.J., Haridasan, M. Primary production and accumulation of nutrients by the ground layer community of cerrado vegetation of central Brazil. Plant Soil 88, 437–440 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02197500
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