Fine root decay rates vary widely among lowland tropical tree species

Oecologia

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 325-330

  Raich, James W ^a   Russell, Ann E ^a   Valverde Barrantes, Oscar ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Decomposition; La Selva; Lignin:nitrogen ratio

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CARBON; LIGNIN; NITROGEN;

CORRELATION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FINE ROOT; GROWTH RATE; LIGNIN; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TREE; TROPICAL FOREST;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COSTA RICA; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE;

CALCIUM; CARBON; COSTA RICA; ECOSYSTEM; LIGNIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; PLANT ROOTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; HEREDIA; LA SELVA;

HIERONYMA ALCHORNEOIDES; PENTACLETHRA MACROLOBA;

EID: 70349136617     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1379-9     Document Type: Article

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