Rainfall and labile carbon availability control litter nitrogen dynamics in a tropical dry forest

Oecologia

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 602-610

  Anaya, Carlos A ^a   García Oliva, Felipe ^a   Jaramillo, Víctor J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Litter decomposition; Mexico; Microbial biomass; Nutrient mineralization; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RAIN;

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; LITTER; NITROGEN CYCLE; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

ARTICLE; MEXICO; MICROBIOLOGY; SEASON; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

CARBON; MEXICO; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RAIN; SEASONS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33845761846     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0564-3     Document Type: Article

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