Litter production and litter nutrient concentrations in a fragmented amazonian landscape

Ecological Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 884-892

  Vasconcelos, Heraldo L ^a,b   Luizão, Flávio J ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon basin; Edge effects; Foliar nutrients; Forest fragmentation; Litter nutrients; Litter production; Litterfall; Soils; Tropical rain forests

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; EDGE EFFECT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LITTERFALL; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; RAINFOREST;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 8144226248     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-5093     Document Type: Article

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