Macro- and micronutrient effects on decomposition of leaf litter from two tropical tree species: Inferences from a short-term laboratory incubation

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• carbon dioxide 10%
• decomposition 59%
• dry forest 16%
• effect 19%
• experiment 5%
• in situ 8%
• incubation 69%
• laboratory 43%
• leaf litter 100%
• litter 12%
• magnesium 12%
• microcosm 14%
• mineralization 20%
• nickel 11%
• nitrogen 8%
• nutrient 27%
• nutrient limitation 17%
• phosphorus 9%
• potassium 11%
• rate 4%
• trace element 63%
• tropical forest 13%
• zinc 33%

Agriculture & Biology

• carbon dioxide 21%
• degradation 50%
• dietary minerals 87%
• forest trees 14%
• magnesium 11%
• mineralization 27%
• nickel 13%
• nitrogen 8%
• nutrients 33%
• phosphorus 10%
• plant litter 85%
• potassium 10%
• tropical dry forests 18%
• tropical plants 96%
• zinc 32%