Biogeochemical cycles in natural forest and conifer plantations in the high mountains of Colombia;Ciclos biogeoquímicos en bosques naturales y plantaciones de coníferas en ecosistemas de alta montaña de Colombia

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1883-1894

  León, Juan Diego ^a   González, María Isabel ^b   Gallardo, Juan Fernando ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Litter production; Nutrient return; Quercus humboldtii; Standing litter; Tropical montane forests

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; COLOMBIA; CONIFER; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; PINE; PLANT LEAF; SOIL; TREE;

ALTITUDE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; COLOMBIA; CONIFEROPHYTA; ECOSYSTEM; PINUS; PLANT LEAVES; SOIL; TREES;

CONIFEROPHYTA; CUPRESSUS; CUPRESSUS LUSITANICA; PINUS PATULA; QUERCUS;

EID: 80053365420     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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