Seasonal and spatial variation of nitrogen dynamics in the litter and surface soil layers on a tropical dry evergreen forest slope

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1502-1512

  Yamashita, Naoyuki ^a,b   Ohta, Seiichi ^b   Sase, Hiroyuki ^a   Luangjame, Jesada ^a   Visaratana, Thiti ^c   Kievuttinon, Bopit ^c   Garivait, Hathairatana ^d   Kanzaki, Mamoru ^b  

^a Acid Deposition and Oxidant Research Center   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ROYAL FOREST DEPARTMENT   (Thailand)

^d Environmental Research and Training Center   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Ion exchange resin; Litterfall; Nitrate leaching; Nitrogen dynamics; Tropical dry forest

Indexed keywords

DRY EVERGREEN FOREST; DRY SEASONS; INORGANIC NITROGEN; LEACHING RATES; LEAF LITTERFALL; LITTER LAYER; LITTERFALLS; NITRATE LEACHING; NITROGEN DYNAMICS; SEASONAL CHANGES; SOIL DEPTH; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SURFACE SOIL LAYERS; THAILAND; TROPICAL DRY FOREST; VERTICAL FLUXES; WET SEASON;

CURING; ION EXCHANGE; ION EXCHANGE RESINS; LEACHING; NITROGEN; POSITIVE IONS; SOILS; TROPICS;

FORESTRY;

EVERGREEN FOREST; ION EXCHANGE; LEACHING; LITTERFALL; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL NITROGEN; TROPICAL FOREST;

CATIONS; CURING; FORESTRY; FORESTS; ION EXCHANGE; LEACHING; NITROGEN; SOIL; TROPICS;

THAILAND;

EID: 77949264859     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.01.026     Document Type: Article

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