Nutrient dynamics on a precipitation gradient in Hawai'i

Oecologia

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 519-529

  Austin, Amy T ^a,b   Vitousek, P M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Carbon cycle; Folior nutrients; Metrosideros polymorpha; Nitrogen cycle

Indexed keywords

METROSIDEROS POLYMORPHA;

EID: 0031905713     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050405     Document Type: Article

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