Fine-root responses to fertilization reveal multiple nutrient limitation in a lowland tropical forest

Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2137-2146

  Wurzburger, Nina ^a   Wright, S Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Barro Colorado nature monument; Fine roots; Mycorrhizal fungi; Nitrogen; Panama; Phosphorus; Potassium; Root functional traits; Specific root length; Tissue density; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FINE ROOT; FUNGUS; GROWTH RATE; HETEROGENEITY; LITTER; MYCORRHIZA; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SOIL NUTRIENT; TROPICAL FOREST;

BARRO COLORADO NATURE MONUMENT; COLON [PANAMA]; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

FUNGI;

FERTILIZER; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM;

DRUG EFFECTS; FOREST; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PANAMA; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT ROOT; TROPIC CLIMATE;

FERTILIZERS; FORESTS; MYCORRHIZAE; NITROGEN; PANAMA; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT ROOTS; POTASSIUM; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84939222425     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/14-1362.1     Document Type: Article

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