Dynamics of organic matter and nutrient return from litterfall in stands of ten tropical tree plantation species

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 263-279

  Cuevas, Elvira ^a   Lugo, Ariel E ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Environmental triggers; Litteffall; Nutrient fluxes; P and N resorption; Plantation species

Indexed keywords

LITTERFALL; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; ORGANIC MATTER; PLANTATION;

PUERTO RICO;

EID: 0032576581     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00410-1     Document Type: Article

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