Experimental investigation of nutrient limitation of forest growth on wet tropical mountains

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 10-22

  Tanner, E V J ^a   Vltousek, P M ^b   Cuevas, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Instititto Venez de Invest Cie   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Fertilization experiments; Forests in Hawai'i, Jamaica, and Venezuela; Growth limitation; Montane cf. lowland forests; Nitrogen; Nutrient limitation of forest growth; Nutrients; Phosphorus; Soil age and nutrient limitation; Tropical montane rain forest productivity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; MONTANE FOREST; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; RAINFOREST; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 0031654654     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[0010:EIONLO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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