Leaf-cutting ant (Atta Sexdens) and nutrient cycling: Deep soil inorganic nitrogen stocks, mineralization, and nitrification in Eastern Amazonia

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1219-1222

  Verchot, Louis V ^a   Moutinho, Paulo R ^b   Davidson, Eric A ^b,c  

^a WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^b INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA AMBIENTAL DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem engineers; Leaf cutting ant; N cycling; Net mineralization; Net nitrification

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; NITRIFICATION; SOILS;

MINERALIZATION;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

ANT; HETEROGENEITY; MINERALIZATION; NITRIFICATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SECONDARY FOREST;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ATTA; ATTA SEXDENS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0041698493     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(03)00183-4     Document Type: Article

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