Phyllosphere nitrogen relations : reciprocal transfer of nitrogen between epiphyllous liverworts and host plants in the understorey of a lowland tropical wet forest in Costa Rica

Epiphyllous bryophytes on tropical rainforest plants acquire nutrients from throughfall and free-living N2-fixing organisms, but may also depend directly on host leaf leachates. By contrast, after drying events bryophytes lose significant quantities of nutrients through leaching that can be taken up...

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Publié dans:The New phytologist. - 1979. - 166(2005), 2 vom: 15. Mai, Seite 577-88
Auteur principal: Wanek, Wolfgang (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: Pörtl, Katja
Format: Article
Langue:English
Publié: 2005
Accès à la collection:The New phytologist
Sujets:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Nitrogen N762921K75