Effects of soil texture on belowground carbon and nutrient storage in a lowland Amazonian forest ecosystem

Ecosystems

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 193-209

  Silver, Whendee L ^a,b   Neff, Jason ^c   McGroddy, Megan ^a   Veldkamp, Ed ^d   Keller, Michael ^b   Cosme, Raimundo ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^e EMBRAPA AMAZÔNIA ORIENTAL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Century model; Roots; Soil carbon; Soil texture; Tropics

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; BIOMASS; CARBON STORAGE; CARBON; CLAY; DENITRIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST; MINERALIZATION; MODEL; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SANDY SOIL; SOIL TEXTURE; TROPICS; WATER AVAILABILITY;

EID: 0034127239     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100210000019     Document Type: Article

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