ABSTRACT
Litterfall undergoes different processes of degradation through biochemical processes on the soil surface; finally relase different nutrients, such as carbon, nitrogen, etc. The decomposition of organic matter (OM) plays a central role in the functioning and productivity of terrestrial ecosystems since it determines nutrient cycling and nutrient availability to plants. Research on the decomposition of litterfall is helpful for determining the amount of nutrients that flows in a forest ecosystem from the litterfall reservoir to the forest soil and how they influence the soil fertility. López et al. (2014, 2018), Colín Vargas et al. (2018) and Rodríguez Balboa et al. (2019) have carried out studies on this line of research in different forest ecosystems and the contribution of nutrient content and release has been studied during litterfall decomposition. Nevertheless, many other well documented studies on diverse forest ecosystems and environmental conditions address the release of macro- ( C, Ca, K, Mg, N, and P ) and micro-nutrients ( Cu, Fe, Mn and Zn ) during litterfall decomposition.
