Variation in nutrient characteristics of surface soils from the Luquillo Experimental Forest of Puerto Rico: A multivariate perspective

Plant and Soil

Volumn 247, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 189-198

  Cox, S B ^a   Willig, M R ^a   Scatena, F N ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbance; Elevational gradients; Productivity; Soil variability; Topographic gradients; Tropical soils

Indexed keywords

FOREST SOIL; LANDSCAPE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOIL NUTRIENT; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO;

TERNSTROEMIA LUQUILLENSIS;

EID: 0242685907     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1021488313783     Document Type: Review

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