Effects of nutrient limitation on aboveground carbon dynamics during tropical dry forest regeneration in Yucatán, Mexico

Ecosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 311-319

  Campo, Julio ^a   Vázquez Yanes, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Forest fertilization; Litter standing crop; Litterfall production; Net primary production; Secondary succession; Tree growth

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; DRY FOREST; GROWTH RESPONSE; LITTERFALL; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; REGENERATION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; YUCATAN;

EID: 2542642380     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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