Response of dissolved carbon and nitrogen concentrations to moderate nutrient additions in a tropical montane forest of south Ecuador

Frontiers in Earth Science

Volumn 4, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Velescu, Andre ^a,b   Valarezo, Carlos ^c   Wilcke, Wolfgang ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c National University of Loja   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Dissolved organic nitrogen (DON); Ecuador; Nitrate leaching; Nitrogen (N) phosphorus (P) and calcium(Ca) additions; Nutrient manipulation experiment; Total organic carbon (TOC); Tropical montane forest

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; DEPOSITION; DISSOLUTION; DUST; ECOSYSTEMS; LEACHATE TREATMENT; LEACHING; MICROORGANISMS; MINERALOGY; NITRATES; NUTRIENTS; RAIN; TROPICS;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; ECUADOR; NITRATE LEACHING; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TROPICAL MONTANE FOREST;

ORGANIC CARBON;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MONTANE FOREST; NITROGEN; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ANDES; ECUADOR;

EID: 85027582615     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22966463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/feart.2016.00058     Document Type: Article

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