Nitrogen cycling in canopy soils of tropical montane forests responds rapidly to indirect N and P fertilization

Global Change Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3802-3813

  Matson, Amanda L ^a   Corre, Marife D ^a   Veldkamp, Edzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Canopy soil; Gross N cycling rates; Nutrient addition; Tropical Andes; Tropical montane forest

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL;

ALTITUDE; CHEMISTRY; ECUADOR; FOREST; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; NITROGEN CYCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SOIL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ALTITUDE; ECUADOR; FORESTS; LINEAR MODELS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PHOSPHORUS; SEASONS; SOIL; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84912048190     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12668     Document Type: Article

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