Influence of precipitation on soil and foliar nutrients across nine costa rican forests

Biotropica

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 433-441

  Alvarez Clare, Silvia ^a   Mack, Michelle C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon 13; Mean annual precipitation; N:P ratios; Nitrogen 15; Nutrient cycling; Precipitation gradient; Tropical wet forest

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LEGUME; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; SOIL NUTRIENT; TROPICAL FOREST;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 79960117966     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2010.00732.x     Document Type: Article

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