Effects of manipulated herbivore inputs on nutrient flux and decomposition in a tropical rainforest in Puerto Rico

Oecologia

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1141-1149

  Schowalter, T D ^a   Fonte, S J ^b   Geaghan, J ^c   Wang, J ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Herbivory; Litterfall; Nutrient flux; Puerto Rico

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ADSORPTION; BOREAL FOREST; DECOMPOSITION; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST FLOOR; HERBIVORY; ION EXCHANGE; LITTERFALL; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RAINFOREST; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TEMPERATE FOREST; THROUGHFALL; TROPICAL FOREST;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; HERBIVORY; INSECT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PUERTO RICO; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; HERBIVORY; INSECTS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT LEAVES; PUERTO RICO; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

PUERTO RICO;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 80855138709     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-2056-3     Document Type: Article

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