Urine as an important source of sodium increases decomposition in an inland but not coastal tropical forest

Oecologia

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 571-579

  Clay, Natalie A ^a,d   Donoso, David A ^b   Kaspari, Michael ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD TÉCNICA PARTICULAR DE LOJA   (Ecuador)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^d MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Biogeography; Brown food web; Isoptera; Landscape heterogeneity; Latrine; Nutrient subsidies; Urea

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; SODIUM;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ECUADOR; FOREST; ISOPTERA; PANAMA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TROPIC CLIMATE; URINE; WOOD;

ANIMALS; CELLULOSE; ECOSYSTEM; ECUADOR; FORESTS; ISOPTERA; PANAMA; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SODIUM; TROPICAL CLIMATE; URINE; WOOD;

EID: 84925482887     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: 14321939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-014-3183-4     Document Type: Article

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