Limitación generalizada del fósforo en especies arbóreas pero no en comunidades en bosques tropicales

Benjamin L Turner1, Tania Brenes-Arguedas1, Richard Condit1

  • 1Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado 0843-03092, Balboa, Ancon, Panama.

Nature
|March 8, 2018
PubMed
Resumen

Los bosques tropicales pueden no estar limitados por la disponibilidad de fósforo a nivel comunitario, a pesar de la amplia limitación de especies individuales. Algunas especies prosperan incluso en suelos con poco fósforo, lo que desafía las suposiciones anteriores.

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