@article{fdi:010088432,
  title = {{S}tocks and biogeochemical cycling of soil-derived nutrients in an ultramafic rain forest in {N}ew {C}aledonia},
  author = {{P}aul, {A}.{L}.{D}. and {I}snard, {S}andrine and {B}rearley, {F}.{Q}. and {E}chevarria, {G}. and {B}aker, {A}.{J}.{M}. and {E}rskine, {P}.{D}. and {V}an der {E}nt, {A}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{U}ltramafic rain forests in {N}ew {C}aledonia evolved on some of the most nutrient impoverished soils globally and are some of the slowest-growing tropical forests known. {T}his study aimed to determine nutrient stocks and elucidate the biogeochemical cycling of nutrients in a remnant  lowland rain forest in southern {N}ew {C}aledonia. {B}ased on an inventory of a 1-ha permanent plot, exhaustive plant tissue sampling was undertaken of all large trees (diameter at breast height >= 15 cm) in a 0.25-ha subset of the plot in tandem with collecting 100 soil samples. {A}ll samples were analyzed for major nutrient concentrations and the results show that most of the magnesium was contained in the soil (96.9%), whereas a large fraction of calcium (46.5%) and phosphorus (16.0%), and the majority of potassium (81.5%) were contained in the  standing biomass. {T}his study has revealed how tightly these soil-derived nutrients are cycling in this system. {U}ltimately, this information will be essential for efforts to restore rain forest in {N}ew {C}aledonia, where the biomass (and contained nutrients) has been removed.},
  keywords = {{NOUVELLE} {CALEDONIE} ; {ZONE} {TROPICALE} ; {PLAINE} {DES} {LACS} ; {GRAND} {MASSIF} {DU} {SUD}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{F}orest {E}cology and {M}anagement},
  volume = {509},
  numero = {},
  pages = {120049 [10 ]},
  ISSN = {0378-1127},
  year = {2022},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120049},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010088432},
}