Inter-specific variation in foliar nutrients and resorption of nine canopy-tree species in a secondary neotropical rain forest

Biotropica

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 544-551

  Wood, Tana E ^a   Lawrence, Deborah ^a   Wells, Jessie A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Foliar nutrients; Leaf traits; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Resorption efficiency; Resorption proficiency; Retranslocation; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FOLIAGE; FOREST CANOPY; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LEAF AREA; NEOTROPIC ECOZONE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOSPHORUS; RAINFOREST; RESORPTION; SECONDARY FOREST; SENESCENCE; STAND DYNAMICS; TRANSLOCATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 80052421074     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2010.00740.x     Document Type: Article

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