The tropical montane cloud forests of southern Ecuador have developed on poor soils characterized by low nutrient availability and high acidity (Beck and Müller-Hohenstein 2001; Brummitt and Lughadha 2003; Chapter 13 in this volume). Their nutrient balance might be affected by atmospheric inputs via precipitation, as indicated by our results. Especially the high input of fog and wind-driven rain can cause a significant deposition of ionic loads, because this precipitation type has a longer impact time on vegetation surfaces than falling raindrops.
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Rollenbeck, R., Fabian, P., Bendix, J. (2008). Temporal Heterogeneities — Matter Deposition from Remote Areas. In: Beck, E., Bendix, J., Kottke, I., Makeschin, F., Mosandl, R. (eds) Gradients in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem of Ecuador. Ecological Studies, vol 198. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73526-7_29
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