A nitrogen budget for late-successional hillslope tabonuco forest, Puerto Rico

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 85-108

  Chestnut, Tamara J ^a   Zarin, Daniel J ^a   McDowell, William H ^a   Keller, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Ecosystem studies; Nutrient cycling; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FORESTED CATCHMENT; HILLSLOPE; NITROGEN CYCLE;

PUERTO RICO;

EID: 0032794896     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01007575     Document Type: Article

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