Post-disturbance erosion impacts carbon fluxes and plant succession on recent tropical landslides

Plant and Soil

Volumn 313, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 205-216

  Walker, Lawrence R ^a   Shiels, Aaron B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon pools; Disturbance; Litterfall; Nitrogen; Revegetation; Succession

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLUX; CHRONOSEQUENCE; EROSION; LANDSLIDE; LITTERFALL; PHYTOMASS; RECOLONIZATION; REVEGETATION; SLOPE; SUCCESSION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; LUQUILLO EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; PUERTO RICO;

EID: 56349099151     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-008-9692-3     Document Type: Article

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