The role of earthworms in nitrogen and solute retention in a tropical forest in Sabah, Malaysia: a pilot study
The role of earthworms in nitrogen and solute retention in a tropical forest in Sabah, Malaysia: a pilot study
Compounds of the 20 elements needed by living organisms are relatively soluble in water and therefore vulnerable to being leached and lost from terrestrial ecosystems during mineralization. Intact systems have thus acquired retention mechanisms that sequester nutrients and minimize losses. Such mechanisms should be particularly important where rainfall is very high but direct evidence of retention mechanisms in tropical forests is scarce (Snaddon et al. 2012, Turner et al. 2007).
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Johnson, Sarah
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November 2012
Johnson, Sarah
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Johnson, Sarah, Bose, Arshiya, Snaddon, Jake L. and Moss, Brian
(2012)
The role of earthworms in nitrogen and solute retention in a tropical forest in Sabah, Malaysia: a pilot study.
Journal of Tropical Ecology, 28 (6), .
(doi:10.1017/S0266467412000624).
Abstract
Compounds of the 20 elements needed by living organisms are relatively soluble in water and therefore vulnerable to being leached and lost from terrestrial ecosystems during mineralization. Intact systems have thus acquired retention mechanisms that sequester nutrients and minimize losses. Such mechanisms should be particularly important where rainfall is very high but direct evidence of retention mechanisms in tropical forests is scarce (Snaddon et al. 2012, Turner et al. 2007).
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Published date: November 2012
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/359389
ISSN: 0266-4674
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