Early stages of root and leaf decomposition in Hawaiian forests: Effects of nutrient availability

Oecologia

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 564-573

  Ostertag, Rebecca ^a,c,d   Hobbie, Sarah E ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Lignin to nitrogen ratios; Metrosideros polymorpha; Nutrient accumulation; Nutrient limitation

Indexed keywords

FERTILITY; FOREST; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHORUS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; UNITED STATES;

CHRONOSEQUENCE; DECOMPOSITION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LEAF LITTER; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; ROOT;

UNITED STATES;

METROSIDEROS POLYMORPHA;

EID: 0033428227     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050963     Document Type: Article

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