Edaphic influences on plant community adaptation in the Chiquibul forest of Belize

Geoderma

Volumn 131, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 76-88

  Dubbin, William E ^a   Penn, Malcolm G ^a   Hodson, Mark E ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Inceptisol; Nutrient depletion; Ultisol; Water stress

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLIMATOLOGY; PH EFFECTS; POSITIVE IONS; SOILS; WATER; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

INCEPTISOLS; NUTRIENT DEPLETION; TROPICAL ECOSYSTEMS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ADAPTATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL SURVEY; WATER STRESS;

BELIZE [CENTRAL AMERICA]; CENTRAL AMERICA;

CRYOSOPHILA; MANILKARA; MANILKARA ZAPOTA; PINUS MUGO; SABAL; SABAL MAURITIIFORMIS;

EID: 31844441302     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2005.03.003     Document Type: Article

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