Asymbiotic nitrogen fixation and litter decomposition on a long soil-age gradient in Hawaiian montane rain forest

Biotropica

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 134-144

  Thompson, Matthew V ^a,b   Vitousek, Peter M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cheirodendron spp; Immobilization; Litter nutrient content; Metrosideros polymorpha; Phosphorus; Site fertility; Soil development; Substrate quality

Indexed keywords

BIOSPHERE; NITROGEN FIXATION; UNITED STATES;

DECOMPOSITION; LITTER; NITROGEN FIXATION; RAINFOREST; SOIL AGE GRADIENT; SOIL-AGE GRADIENT;

USA, HAWAII;

ARALIACEAE; CHEIRODENDRON;

EID: 0031411786     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.1997.tb00017.x     Document Type: Article

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