Plant community responses to stand-level nutrient fertilization in a secondary tropical dry forest

Waring, Bonnie G.; Pérez‐Aviles, Daniel; Murray, Jessica G.; Powers, Jennifer S.

doi:10.1002/ecy.2691

Plant community responses to stand-level nutrient fertilization in a secondary tropical dry forest

Journal Article · 15 April 2019 · Ecology

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2691· OSTI ID:1612149

Waring, Bonnie G. ^[1]; Pérez‐Aviles, Daniel ^[1]; Murray, Jessica G. ^[2]; Powers, Jennifer S. ^[3]

Departments of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior and Plant and Microbial Biology University of Minnesota Saint Paul Minnesota 55108 USA
Department of Biology and Ecology Center Utah State University Logan Utah 84321 USA
Departments of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior and Plant and Microbial Biology University of Minnesota Saint Paul Minnesota 55108 USA; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Panamá República de Panamá

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

DOE Contract Number:: SC0014363

OSTI ID:: 1612149

Journal Information:: Ecology, Vol. 100, Issue 6; ISSN 0012-9658

Publisher:: Ecological Society of America (ESA)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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