Soil acidity and nutrient deficiency in central Amazonian heath forest soils

Plant Ecology

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 209-224

  Luizão, Flávio J ^a   Luizão, Regina C C ^a   Proctor, John ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Campina; Campinarana; Heath forest; Nutrient limitation; Soil acidity

Indexed keywords

ACID SOIL; FOREST SOIL; GROWTH; HEATHLAND; MORTALITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; ROOT; SEEDLING; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SURVIVAL;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34548485997     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-007-9317-6     Document Type: Article

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