Table 1 Mass of annual litterfall components (mean ± SE, Mg∙ha^− 1) during three consecutive years at three successional stages (early, intermediate and old-growth) of a tropical dry forest in northern Minas Gerais, Brazil (n = 12 plots for each year)

3.43 ± 0.40 ^a

0.22 ± 0.03 ^a

0.16 ± 0.03 ^a

0.09 ± 0.03 ^a

2.86 ± 0.14 ^b

0.55 ± 0.08 ^b

0.22 ± 0.03 ^a

0.12 ± 0.01 ^b

3.64 ± 0.18 ^a

0.54 ± 0.08 ^b

0.23 ± 0.02 ^a

0.17 ± 0.01 ^c

3.30 ± 0.40 ^a

0.27 ± 0.03 ^a

0.10 ± 0.02 ^a

0.12 ± 0.03 ^a

2.76 ± 0.11 ^b

0.76 ± 0.08 ^b

0.16 ± 0.03 ^b

0.10 ± 0.01 ^a

3.84 ± 0.18 ^c

0.91 ± 0.08 ^b

0.18 ± 0.02 ^b

0.13 ± 0.01 ^a

3.51 ± 0.40 ^a

0.29 ± 0.03 ^a

0.32 ± 0.07 ^a

0.06 ± 0.03 ^a

3.31 ± 0.11 ^a

0.40 ± 0.08 ^a

0.34 ± 0.07 ^a

0.08 ± 0.01 ^a

3.41 ± 0.18 ^a

0.34 ± 0.05 ^a

0.29 ± 0.06 ^a

0.06 ± 0.01 ^a