Nutrient-specific solubility patterns of leaf litter across 41 lowland tropical woody species

Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 94-105

  Schreeg, Laura A ^a,b,c   Mack, Michelle C ^a   Turner, Benjamin L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barro Colorado Island; Decomposition; Leaching; Litter traits; Nutrient cycling; Panama; Terrestrial ecosystems

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CORRELATION; DECOMPOSITION; LEAF LITTER; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOLUBILITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WOODY PLANT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; TROPIC CLIMATE;

DEMOGRAPHY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84876138046     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1958.1     Document Type: Article

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