Stable isotopic composition of carbon and nitrogen and nitrogen content in vascular epiphytes along an altitudinal transect

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1435-1443

  Wanek, W ^a   Popp, M ^b   Hietz, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; Altitudinal gradient; C3; CAM; Mexico; Natural isotope abundance; Nitrogen sources; Vascular epiphytes

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EPIPHYTE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 0344211023     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1999.00502.x     Document Type: Article

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