Assessing nutrient limitation in complex forested ecosystems: Alternatives to large-scale fertilization experiments

Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 668-681

  Sullivan, Benjamin W ^a   Alvarez Clare, Silvia ^a   Castle, Sarah C ^a   Porder, Stephen ^b   Reed, Sasha C ^c,d   Schreeg, Laura ^b   Townsend, Alan R ^c   Cleveland, Cory C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d Canyonlands Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Enzymes; Foliar nutrients; Long Substrate Age Gradient; Net primary productivity; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Resorption; Root ingrowth cores; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL CHANGE; GROWTH RATE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; RESORPTION; TROPICAL FOREST; ARCHIPELAGO; CARBON CYCLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LITERATURE REVIEW; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS;

FERTILIZER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; SOIL; TIME; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERTILIZERS; HAWAII; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOIL; TIME FACTORS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84901602978     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-0825.1     Document Type: Article

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