Differences in soil moisture, nutrients and the microbial community between forests on the upper Pacific and Caribbean slopes at Monteverde, Cordillera de Tilaran: Implications for responses to climate change

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 235-240

  Eaton, William D ^a   Roed, Melanie ^b,c   Chassot, Olivier ^d   Barry, Dwight ^b,c  

^a KEAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Peninsula College   (United States)

^c WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Centro Científico Tropical CCT   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Climate change; Microbial biomass; Microbial community structure; Montane forest; Monteverde; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MONTANE FOREST; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CARIBBEAN COAST [COSTA RICA]; COSTA RICA; MONTEVERDE CLOUD FOREST RESERVE; PACIFIC COAST [COSTA RICA]; PUNTARENAS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 84855890592     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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