Foliar and litter nutrients, nutrient resorption, and decomposition in Hawaiian Metrosideros polymorpha

Ecosystems

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 401-407

  Vitousek, Peter M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Fertilization; Hawaii; Lignin; Metrosideros; Nitrogen; Nutrient cycling; Phosphorus; Resorption

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000892009     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100219900033     Document Type: Article

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