Nutrient limitation of woody debris decomposition in a tropical forest: Contrasting effects of N and P addition

Functional Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 295-304

  Chen, Yao ^a,b,c   Sayer, Emma J ^d   Li, Zhian ^a,c   Mo, Qifeng ^a,b   Li, Yingwen ^a,c   Ding, Yongzhen ^e   Wang, Jun ^a,c   Lu, Xiankai ^a,c   Tang, Jianwu ^f   Wang, Faming ^a,c  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^f MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

CWD; Coarse woody debris; Decay; Deposition; Fertilization; Fine woody debris; Nutrient addition; Tropical soil

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DECOMPOSITION; DEPOSITION; EVERGREEN TREE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LIGNIN; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHORUS; TROPICAL FOREST; TROPICAL SOIL; WOODY DEBRIS;

CHINA;

ACACIA; ACACIA AURICULIFORMIS; APHANAMIXIS POLYSTACHYA; CARALLIA BRACHIATA; SCHEFFLERA OCTOPHYLLA;

EID: 84958903059     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12471     Document Type: Article

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