Land-use and soil depth affect resource and microbial stoichiometry in a tropical mountain rainforest region of southern Ecuador

Oecologia

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 375-393

  Tischer, Alexander ^a   Potthast, Karin ^a   Hamer, Ute ^a,b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecological stoichiometry; Forest disturbance; Secondary succession; Soil food web; Stoichiometric flexibility

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOOD WEB; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; LAND USE; MOUNTAIN; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NUTRIENT; TROPICAL FOREST;

ECUADOR;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI;

CARBON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ECUADOR; FOOD CHAIN; FUNGUS; MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREE;

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; ECUADOR; FOOD CHAIN; FUNGI; LINEAR MODELS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TREES;

EID: 84901412561     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-014-2894-x     Document Type: Article

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