Atmospheric deposition and net retention of ions by the canopy in a tropical montane forest, Monteverde, Costa Rica

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-45

  Clark, Kenneth L ^a   Nadkarni, Nalini M ^b   Schaefer, Douglas ^c   Gholz, Henry L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Atmospheric deposition; Cloud forest; Interception loss; Nitrogen retention; Precipitation chemistry; Throughfall; Tropics

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; FOREST CANOPY; ION; MONTANE FOREST; TRHOUGHFALL; WATER;

COSTA RICA, MONTEVERDE;

EID: 0031943128     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467498000030     Document Type: Article

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