Nutrient resorption and patterns of litter production and decomposition in a Neotropical Savanna

Functional Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1034-1043

  Kozovits, A R ^a,e   Bustamante, M M C ^a   Garofalo, C R ^a   Bucci, S ^b   Franco, A C ^a   Goldstein, G ^b,c   Meinzer, F C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c Department of Biology   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerrado; Fertilization; N : P ratio; Nitrogen and phosphorus resorption

Indexed keywords

CERRADO; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECOMPOSITION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LEAF AREA; LITTER; LITTERFALL; NEOTROPICAL REGION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; RESORPTION; SAVANNA; WOODY PLANT;

EID: 36248991346     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2007.01325.x     Document Type: Article

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