Extra amounts of key nutrients in tropical rain forest soils cause them to release more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, according to research conducted by scientists at the University of Colorado ...
1. Ridges of tropical mountains often differ strikingly from neighbouring ravines in terms of forest structure, productivity and species composition. This heterogeneity is poorly understood despite ...
3 USGS (Boulder, CO); INSTAAR, University of Colorado at Boulder; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute The Center for Tropical Forest Research (CTFS) of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute ...
In the strongly seasonal, but annually very wet, parts of the tropics, low-water availability in the short dry season leads to a semi-deciduous forest, one which is also highly susceptible to nutrient ...