The effects of precipitation regime on soil carbon pools on the Yucatan Peninsula

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 463-466

  Roa Fuentes, Lilia L ^a   Hidalgo, Claudia ^b   Etchevers, Jorge D ^b   Campo, Julio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b Colegio de Postgraduados ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

karst; litter layer; Mexico; roots; seasonally dry tropical forest; wood debris

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; KARST; LITTER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TROPICAL FOREST; TURNOVER; WOODY DEBRIS;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; YUCATAN PENINSULA;

EID: 84884577384     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467413000552     Document Type: Article

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