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905 _aC
908 _aJ
909 _aAS
914 _aFORES
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_aARNASON, J.T.
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_aLAMBERT, J.D.
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_aGALE, J.
260 _c1984
520 _aNutrient cycling and biomass characteristics of a tropical palm forest dominated by Orbignya cohune were found to be different from those of hardwood dominated forests. The cohune palm forest had a high proportion of biomass in leaves (5 per cent), a reduced sapling layer, a large amount of standing forest litter and an exceptionally low decomposition rate factor (0.1 year-1). Mineral concentrarions in palm leaves were generally lower than in hardwood species with the exception of Na, which was exceptionally high in Orbignya cohune. Biomass was estimated at 226 tons ha-1 containing 1173 kg ha-1 N; 126 kg ha-1 P; 437 kg ha-1 K; 1869 kg ha-1 Mg; 125 kg ha-1 Ca, and 2177 kg ha-1 Na. Soils of cohune association did not differ significantly from those of neighbouring hardwood dominated associations with the exception of Na which occurred in higher concentration because of bioaccumulation in the dominant. The results suggest that the growth habits and physiology of a dominant can strongly influence some of the ecological parameters used to describe a forest association
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_aBIOMASA
650 1 4 _9165625
_aSUELOS
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_aTROPICO HUMEDO
650 1 4 _922334
_aBELICE
691 _9137969
_aBIOMASS
691 _922335
_aBELIZE
692 _aBIOMASSE
692 _aBELIZE
773 0 _tPlant and Soil (PaĆ­ses Bajos)
_d1984
_g(no.79) p.211-225
040 _aCR-TuBCO
_cCR-TuBCO
_bEs
245 1 0 _aMineral cycling in a tropical palm forest
942 _cANA
003 CR-TuBCO
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