Selective logging of lowland evergreen rainforests in Chiloé Island, Chile: Effects of changing tree species composition on soil nitrogen transformations

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1660-1668

  Pérez, Cecilia A ^a   Carmona, Martín R ^b   Fariña, José M ^a   Armesto, Juan J ^a,b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD IEB   (Chile)

Author keywords

C N ratios; Denitrification; Laureliopsis philippiana; Net N mineralization; Non symbiotic nitrogen fixation

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; BASE CATIONS; C/N RATIO; C/N RATIOS; DEEP SOILS; FOREST STRUCTURE; INDUSTRIAL LOGGING; LAURELIOPSIS PHILIPPIANA; LITTER QUALITY; LITTERFALLS; MICROBIAL PROCESS; N AVAILABILITY; N TRANSFORMATION; N-FIXATION; NET N MINERALIZATION; NON-SYMBIOTIC NITROGEN FIXATION; OLD-GROWTH; OLD-GROWTH STANDS; PRODUCTIVE SOILS; RAIN FORESTS; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SOIL NITROGEN TRANSFORMATIONS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPRING WATER; SURFACE SOIL; TREE SPECIES; TREE SPECIES COMPOSITION;

BIOMASS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER; MINERALOGY; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RAIN; SOIL TESTING; SOILS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; DENITRIFICATION; EVERGREEN FOREST; GROWTH FORM; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; RAINFOREST; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SOIL NITROGEN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYMBIOSIS; TIMBER;

BIOMASS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; FORESTRY; GROUND WATER; LUMINESCENCE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RAIN; SOIL; TESTING; THERMOEMISSION;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

LAURELIOPSIS PHILIPPIANA; NASTUS PRODUCTUS;

EID: 68949096571     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.07.026     Document Type: Article

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