Nutrient and Carbon Limitation on Decomposition in an Amazonian Moist Forest

Ecosystems

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1039-1052

  Barantal, Sandra ^a,b   Schimann, Heidy ^b   Fromin, Nathalie ^a   Hättenschwiler, Stephan ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Campus Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

energy limitation; labile carbon; litter quality; nitrogen; phosphorus; priming effect; soil fauna; tropical forest

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON; CELLULOSE; DECOMPOSITION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LITTER; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL NUTRIENT; TROPICAL FOREST;

AMAZONIA; FRENCH GUIANA;

EID: 84867676351     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-012-9564-9     Document Type: Article

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