Response of the N and P cycles of an old-growth montane forest in Ecuador to experimental low-level N and P amendments

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 260, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1434-1445

  Wullaert, H ^a   Homeier, J ^b   Valarezo, C ^c   Wilcke, W ^d  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c Universidad National de Loja   (Ecuador)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Environmental change; Leaching losses; N deposition; Nutrient cycle; P deposition; Tropical montane forest

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LEACHING LOSSES; N DEPOSITION; NUTRIENT CYCLE; P DEPOSITION; TROPICAL MONTANE FOREST;

DEPOSITION; ECOSYSTEMS; LEACHATE TREATMENT; LEACHING; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; SILICATE MINERALS; SOIL MOISTURE; TROPICS;

FORESTRY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOREST SOIL; LEACHATE; LITTERFALL; MONTANE FOREST; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PHOSPHORUS CYCLE; SANDSTONE;

DEPOSITION; ECOSYSTEMS; FERTILIZATION; FORESTRY; LEACHING; MOISTURE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; SILICATES; SOIL; TROPICS;

ANDES; ECUADOR;

EID: 77956991513     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.07.021     Document Type: Article

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