Tropical Forest Ecosystem Responses to Increasing Nutrient Availability

• Main Author: Dietrich Hertel (auth)
• Other Authors: Selene Baez (auth), Christoph Leuschner (auth), Jurgen Homeier (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: experimental nutrient manipulation; global change; nitrogen; CO2; nutrient limitation; foliar nutrients; biogeochemical cycles; wood anatomy; phosphorus
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Deforestation and land use change have led to a strong reduction of tropical forest cover during the last decades. Climate change will amplify the pressure to the remaining refuges in the next years. In addition, tropical regions are facing increasing atmospheric inputs of nutrients, which will have...