02526naa a2200265 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902400270006010000250008724501290011226000090024130000200025049000100027052017050028065000120198565000160199765000130201365000100202665000240203665300090206065300170206970000200208670000190210677301350212521245162023-08-28       2020    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d7 a978-93-90149-38-42DOI1 aCOSTA, T. C. e C. da  aModels for semideciduous seasonal forest production of leaves and deciduousnessbrecent perspectives.h[electronic resource]  c2020  ap. 41-72. v. 2.  vv. 2.  aThe climate, mainly the water availability and temperature, drives the renewal of biomass in seasonal forest ecosystem, and the greenness and leaf area of its canopy are responsive by climate variations. The renewal of leaves indicated by deciduousness can be model to obtain the estimates of this component as an additional compartment of the ecosystem carbon sink. In this study was investigated the relationship between litterfall, climate variables, Leaf Area Index (LAI), and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) in semideciduous forests, to test models to explain the leaf production and deciduousness by time. The data were obtained in satellite images and in plots installed at forest monitoring sites, visited monthly. The tests were conducted in eight semideciduous forest fragments. Permanent plots were monitored monthly and LAI measurements and weighing of litterfall deposited in nets. In this time, Landsat and IRS satellite images were obtained and processed for generation of NDVI. The water balance was calculated for each day. The relationship among the variables ?leaf dry weight?, ?LAI?, ?NDVI? and climate variables were verified and regression models was build and evaluated. With monitoring of the sites, the model was validated and reviewed with new variables and data and three equations were compared. It is possible to estimate the fall and renew of leaves biomass in semideciduous forests with reasonable precision. This study showed that only the leaf component of the litterfall of a semideciduous forest in tropical climate can capture average 6.5 Mg.ha-1 .yr-1 of CO2 and this amount can be estimated using climate, biophysics and vegetation index variables.  aCarbono  aEcossistema  aFloresta  aFolha  aMudança Climática  aNDVI  aThornthwaite1 aVIANA, J. H. M.1 aRIBEIRO, J. L.  tIn: YU, H. (ed.). International research in environment, geography and earth science. Hooghly: Book Publisher International, 2020.