Variations of plant and soil87Sr86Sr along the slope of a tropical inselberg

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 512-512

  Poszwa, Anne ^a,b   Ferry, Bruno ^c   Pollie, Benoît ^a   Grimaldi, Catherine ^d   Charles Dominique, Pierre ^e   Loubet, Michel ^f   Dambrine, Etienne ^a  

^a Centre INRA de Nancy   (France)

^b Nancy University   (France)

^c AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^d UMR SAS   (France)

^e Laboratoire d'Ecologie Generale   (France)

^f CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

87sr86Sr; Inselberg; Nutrient cycling; Rainforest; Tropical soil

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; GRANITE; INSELBERG; LEAF LITTER; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PLANT COMMUNITY; RAINFOREST; RAINWATER; SAVANNA; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TROPICAL SOIL; ULTISOL;

FRENCH GUIANA; SOUTH AMERICA;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 70449572935     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009036     Document Type: Article

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