Precipitation influences on active fractions of soil organic matter in seasonally dry tropical forests of the Yucatan: Regional and seasonal patterns

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 132, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 667-677

  Cuevas, Rosa M ^a   Hidalgo, Claudia ^b   Payán, Fidel ^c   Etchevers, Jorge D ^b   Campo, Julio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b Colegio de Postgraduados Montecillo ^*  (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Climate change; Drought; Fast carbon pools; Karstic soils

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DROUGHT; DRY FOREST; KARST; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN; ORGANIC SOIL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TROPICAL FOREST;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; YUCATAN PENINSULA;

EID: 84887625890     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-013-0703-4     Document Type: Article

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