Potassium, phosphorus, or nitrogen limit root allocation, tree growth, or litter production in a lowland tropical forest

Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1616-1625

  Wright, S Joseph ^a   Yavitt, Joseph B ^b   Wurzburger, Nina ^a,c   Turner, Benjamin I ^a   Tanner, Edmund V J ^d   Sayer, Emma J ^e   Santiago, Louis S ^f   Kaspari, Michael ^a,g   Hedin, Lars O ^c   Harms, Kyle E ^a,h   Garcia, Milton N ^a   Corre, Marife D ⁱ  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^h LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Barro colorado nature monument; Fertilization; Fine litter; Fine roots; Nitrogen; Nutrient limitation; Panama; Phosphorus; Potassium; Tree growth; Tropics

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FINE ROOT; GROWTH RATE; HEIGHT; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; LIMITING FACTOR; LITTER; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOMASS; POTASSIUM; SAPLING; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SOIL FERTILITY; TROPICAL FOREST;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PLANT ROOT; SOIL; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT ROOTS; POTASSIUM; SOIL; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 79961072828     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-1558.1     Document Type: Article

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