Sodium shortage as a constraint on the carbon cycle in an inland tropical rainforest

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 46, 2009, Pages 19405-19409

  Kaspari, Michael ^a,b   Yanoviak, Stephen P ^c   Dudley, Robert ^d   Yuan, May ^a   Clay, Natalie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c University of Arkansas   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Biogeography; Decomposition; Fungi; Termites

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; LIGNIN; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; CARBON; RAIN;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CARBON CYCLE; DECOMPOSITION; DETRITUS; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; HERBIVORE; ISOPTERA; LEAF LITTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; ANIMAL; ANT; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; ISOPTERA;

ANIMALS; ANTS; CARBON; CELLULOSE; ISOPTERA; LIGNIN; PLANT LEAVES; RAIN; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 73349102544     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0906448106     Document Type: Article

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