TABLE 1.

Site characteristics and properties of seven soils under lowland moist tropical forest in the Republic of Panama

Parameter	Value for soil
	Cardenas	Albrook	Rio Paja	Gamboa	Las Cruces	Cerro Galera	Caritas
Plot codea			P25	P24	P27
Latitude	08°59′26″N	08°58′37″N	09°04′43″N	09°07′25″N	09°04′50″N	08°55′36″N	09°03′58″N
Longitude	79°34′03″W	79°33′50″W	79°47′56″W	79°40′36″W	79°38′42″W	79°37′24″W	79°34′06″W
Elevation (m)	78	53	110	50	180	300	110
Rainfall (mm yr−1)	—b	1,860	2,159	2,153	2,033	1,730	2,027
Soil pH (H2O)	3.3	3.4	3.6	5.4	5.5	6.3	6.4
Topsoil texture	Clay loam	Loam	Silty-clay loam	Clay	Clay loam	Clay loam	Clay
Clay (%)	28	23	31	49	38	33	41
Total C (g C kg−1)	43.7	60.6	33.9	73.4	36.6	37.5	56.6
Total N (g N kg−1)	2.77	4.45	2.62	6.29	3.07	2.85	4.54
Total P (mg P kg−1)	345	376	91	794	532	761	505

^aFrom reference 36 (Pyke et al.).

^bRainfall is similar to that of the nearby Albrook plot.