Nutrient limitation to primary productivity in a secondary savanna in Venezuela

Biotropica

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 493-501

  Barger, Nichole N ^a,d   D'Antonio, Carla M ^a   Ghneim, Thaura ^b   Brink, Keary ^c   Cuevas, Elvira ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Nitrogen; Nutrient limitation; Phosphorus; Savanna; Trachypogon; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SAVANNA;

COASTAL RANGE; VENEZUELA;

AXONOPUS; AXONOPUS CANESCENS; CYPERACEAE; DICOTYLEDONEAE; LILIOPSIDA; POACEAE; TRACHYPOGON; TRACHYPOGON PLUMOSUS; TRACHYPOGON VESTITUS;

EID: 0036960170     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2002.tb00569.x     Document Type: Article

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