Effects of soil chemistry on tropical forest biomass and productivity at different elevations in the equatorial Andes

Oecologia

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 263-274

  Unger, Malte ^a   Homeier, Jürgen ^a   Leuschner, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; Ecuador; Soil nutrients; Tree growth; Wood production

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST INVENTORY; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GROWTH RATE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PH; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; TOPSOIL; TROPICAL FOREST; WOOD;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; ECUADOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; SOIL; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

BIOMASS; ECUADOR; NITROGEN; SOIL; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ANDES;

EID: 84865595096     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2295-y     Document Type: Article

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