Biomass and nutrient pools of canopy and terrestrial components in a primary and a secondary montane cloud forest, Costa Rica

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 198, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 223-236

  Nadkarni, Nalini M ^a   Schaefer, Douglas ^a   Matelson, Teri J ^a   Solano, Rodrigo ^b  

^a EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Santa Elena ^*  (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Canopy; Epiphytes; Monteverde; Nutrient cycling; Tropical montane cloud forest

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; NUTRITION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WOOD;

CANOPY-DWELLING; COMPLEX SUBSYSTEMS; NUTRIENT POOLS;

FORESTRY;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CLOUD FOREST; EPIPHYTE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SECONDARY FOREST;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC MATTER; ROOTING; WOOD;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; MONTEVERDE; PUNTARENAS;

AVES; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 3543098654     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.04.011     Document Type: Article

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