Tropical soil nutrient distributions determined by biotic and hillslope processes

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 127, Issue 2-3, 2016, Pages 273-289

  Chadwick, K Dana ^a,b   Asner, Gregory P ^a  

^a Carnegie Insitution for Science ^*  (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Calcium; Phosphorus; Rock derived nutrients; Toposequence

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CALCIUM; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HILLSLOPE; LANDSCAPE; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL NUTRIENT; TOPOSEQUENCE; TROPICAL FOREST;

AMAZONIA;

EID: 84959548707     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-015-0179-z     Document Type: Article

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