Seasonal changes in soil organic matter after a decade of nutrient addition in a lowland tropical forest

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 123, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 221-235

  Turner, Benjamin L ^a   Yavitt, Joseph B ^b   Harms, Kyle E ^c   Garcia, Milton N ^a   Wright, S Joseph ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Gigante Peninsula; Nitrogen; Panama; Phosphorus; Soil microbial biomass

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925519723     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-014-0064-1     Document Type: Article

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