Fire effects on the spatial patterns of soil resources in a Nicaraguan wet tropical forest

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 435-444

  Blair, Brent C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geostatistics; Lowland humid tropics; Nicaragua; Nitrogen; Nutrient; Phosphorus; Potassium; Rain forest; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

FOREST FIRE; FOREST SOIL; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TROPICAL FOREST;

CENTRAL AMERICA; NICARAGUA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 22744452087     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467405002452     Document Type: Article

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