Tropical tree growth is correlated with soil phosphorus, potassium, and calcium, though not for legumes

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 189-203

  Baribault, Thomas W ^a   Kobe, Richard K ^a   Finley, Andrew O ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Base cations; Costa Rica; Fabaceae; Functional groups; La Selva Biological Station; Legumes; Neighborhood model; Phosphorus limitation; Plant soil interactions; Quantitative trait; Resource limitation; Tropical trees

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CALCIUM; CATION; DIAMETER; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LEGUME; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; TROPICAL FOREST;

COSTA RICA; LA SELVA BIOLOGICAL STATION; LIMON;

FABACEAE;

EID: 84861591939     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: 15577015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1013.1     Document Type: Article

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