Hi all, Of course, I guess anybody interested in this could check it in WoS, but just in case: Fetcher, N., Haines, B. L., Cordero, R. A., Lodge, D. J., Walker, L. R., Fernandez, D. S., Lawrence, W. T. 1996. Responses of tropical plants to nutrients and light on a landslide in puerto rico. Journal of Ecology 84(3):331-341
... and other papers by Fernandez, D. S. Cheers! Fj Francisco de Castro Research Corporation of the Univ. of Hawaii Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] V. A, Heights. 211 St., DC-6 Carolina, PR 00983 USA At 07:24 AM 2/2/2007, James J. Roper wrote: >It is just possible that Joe Wright at STRI has done this kind of >experiment. He has done some watering experiments and found that even in a >tropical rainforest, water limitation can act to influence species >composition and so forth. > >Cheers, > >Jim > >On 2/1/07, Jonathan Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > For a long time I've heard people talk about the effects of adding minera= >l > > fertilizers to grasslands - how it causes a crash in species richness. > > > > Has anyone ever tried adding mineral fertilizer to tropical forest and > > studying (say) the species diversity of seedlings, or long term effects o= >n > > regeneration? > > > > It may be interesting from the point of view of understanding maintainanc= >e > > of species richness. > > > > Examining effects on growth rate of tropical trees might also be relevant > > to the idea of setting up artificial forests for carbon sequestration. > > > > Jonathan Adams > > > > > >--=20 >James J. Roper >Depto Zoologia,UFPR >Caixa Postal 19034 >81531-990 Curitiba, Paran=E1, Brasil >=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= >=3D=3D >E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Phone/Fone/Tel=E9fono: 55 41 33611764 >celular: 55 41 99870543 >Casa: 55 41 33857249 >=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= >=3D=3D=3D >http://jjroper.googlepages.com/ > >Ecologia e Conserva=E7=E3o na UFPR >http://www.bio.ufpr.br/ecologia/ > --- > > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.1.411 / Virus Database: 268.17.19/663 - Release Date: 2/1/2007 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.411 / Virus Database: 268.17.19/663 - Release Date: 2/1/2007
