Litterfall dynamics and nitrogen use efficiency in two evergreen temperate rainforests of southern Chile

Austral Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 591-600

  Pérez, Cecilia A ^a,b   Armesto, Juan J ^a,b   Torrealba, Cristian ^a   Carmona, Martín R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chilo National Park; Fitzroya cupressoides; Litterfall C N ratio; N retranslocation; Nothofagus nitida; Southern temperate forests

Indexed keywords

EVERGREEN FOREST; LITTERFALL; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; RAINFOREST;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

CONIFEROPHYTA; FITZROYA; FITZROYA CUPRESSOIDES; NOTHOFAGUS; NOTHOFAGUS NITIDA;

EID: 0346401439     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2003.01315.x     Document Type: Article

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