Litter N and P dynamics in two secondary tropical dry forests after relaxation of nutrient availability constraints

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 252, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 33-40

  Campo, Julio ^a   Solís, Enrique ^a   Valencia, María G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Forest fertilization; Limestone soils; Nutrient cycling; Yucat n

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS;

FOREST FERTILIZATION; LIMESTONE SOILS; NUTRIENT CYCLING; YUCATA;

FORESTRY;

DRY FOREST; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LIMESTONE; LITTER; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS CYCLE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SECONDARY FOREST; TROPICAL FOREST;

FORESTRY; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; RESTRAINTS;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; YUCATAN PENINSULA;

EID: 35448944456     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.06.022     Document Type: Article

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