Wood volume, foliar chemical composition, and soil nitrogen turn over of Metrosideros polymorpha (Myrtaceae) stands on a slope of Mount Haleakala, Hawaii

Biotropica

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 330-338

  Kitayama, Kanehiro ^a   Raitio, Hannu ^b   Mueller Dombois, Dieter ^c   Schuur, Edward A G ^d  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Altitude; Hawaii; Metrosideros polymorpha; Mount Haleakala; Nitrogen cycle; Phytochemistry; Soil moisture; United States

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; IRON; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT METABOLISM; STRESS TOLERANCE;

ALTITUDE; NITROGEN CYCLE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; SOIL MOISTURE;

HAWAII; MOUNT HALEAKALA; UNITED STATES;

METROSIDEROS; METROSIDEROS POLYMORPHA; MYRTACEAE;

EID: 0032410102     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.1998.tb00068.x     Document Type: Article

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