Ratios of phosphatase activity to activities of carbon and nitrogen-acquiring enzymes in throughfall were larger in tropical forests than a temperate forest

Mori, T; Wang, SH; Zhou, KJ; Mo, JM; Zhang, W

Zhang, W (corresponding author), Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Vegetat Restorat & Management Degraded, South China Bot Garden, Guangzhou 510650, Peoples R China.; Zhang, W (corresponding author), Chinese Acad Sci, Guangdong Prov Key Lab Appl Bot, South China Bot Garden, Guangzhou 510650, Peoples R China.

TROPICS, 2021; 30 (2): 25

Abstract

Tropical forests are considered as phosphorus (P)-poor ecosystems, where microorganisms are suggested to allocate more resources to P acquisition comp......

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