Nutrient fluxes from water to land: Seabirds affect plant nutrient status on Gulf of California islands

Oecologia

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 324-332

  Anderson, Wendy B ^a,b   Polis, Gary A ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DRURY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atriplex; Desert nutrients Opuntia; Seabird guano; Spatial subsidies

Indexed keywords

BIRD; ISLAND; NUTRIENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032988690     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050733     Document Type: Article

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