The influence of epiphytic lichens on the nutrient cycling of an Oak Woodland

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 159-179

  Knops, Johannes M H ^a,c   Nash III, Thomas H ^a   Schlesinger, William H ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric deposition: California: Epiphytic lichens; Litter decomposition; Litterfall; nutrient cycling; Oak woodlands; Quercus douglasii: Ramalina menziesii; Throughfall

Indexed keywords

BLUE OAK; EPIPHYTE; LICHEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; WOODLAND;

USA, CALIFORNIA;

FAGACEAE; QUERCUS DOUGLASII; RAMALINA MENZIESII;

EID: 0030404882     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2963473     Document Type: Article

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