Internal nutrient fluxes in a Puerto Rican rain forest

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 521-536

  McDowell, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissolved organic carbon; Nitrogen; Nutrient cycles; Phosphorus; Puerto Rico; Soil solution; Throughfall; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFOREST; SOIL CHEMISTRY; THROUGHFALL;

PUERTO RICO;

EID: 0031668029     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467498000376     Document Type: Article

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