Sodium fertilization increases termites and enhances decomposition in an Amazonian forest

Added Na was used to determine whether litter decomposition and associated fungal biomass and termites are limited by Na availability in a lowland tropical rainforest at Yasuni, Ecuador. This is a partial test of the "sodium ecosystem respiration" (SER) hypothesis that posits Na is critica...

• Autor Principal: Donoso Vargas, D. (author)
• Formato: article
• Publicado: 2017
• Subjects: sodium ecosystem respiration (ser) hypothesis; tropical rainforest; nutrient limitation; ecosystem respiration; yasuni ecological research station; ecuador; oceanic aerosols; decomposition; biogeochemistry; precipitation; brown food web; sodium
• Acceso en liña: http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/13-1274.1; http://dspace.utpl.edu.ec/handle/123456789/19096