Nutrient cycling and plant-soil feedbacks along a precipitation gradient in lowland Panama

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 461-470

  Santiago, Louis S ^a,b   Schuur, Edward A G ^a   Silvera, Katia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Foliar nutrients; Litterfall productivity; Magnesium; Nitrogen; Panama canal; Phosphorus; Potassium; Soil carbon; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; LITTERFALL; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; TROPICAL FOREST;

CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 22744443918     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467405002464     Document Type: Article

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