Phyllosphere nitrogen relations: Reciprocal transfer of nitrogen between epiphyllous liverworts and host plants in the understorey of a lowland tropical wet forest in Costa Rica

New Phytologist

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 577-588

  Wanek, Wolfgang ^a   Pörtl, Katja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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

Author keywords

Epiphyllous bryophytes; Foliar leaching; Leaf characteristics; Nitrogen (N) exchange; Phyllosphere; Tropical rainforest understorey

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

EPIPHYTE; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; LIVERWORT; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYLLOSPHERE; TROPICAL FOREST;

ARTICLE; COSTA RICA; LIVERWORT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SYMBIOSIS; TREE;

COSTA RICA; HEPATOPHYTA; NITROGEN; PLANT LEAVES; SYMBIOSIS; TREES;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; PIEDRAS BLANCAS NATIONAL PARK; PUNTARENAS; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CARLUDOVICA; COSTUS; COSTUS LAEVIS; DIEFFENBACHIA; DIEFFENBACHIA CONCINNA; MARCHANTIOPHYTA; PENTAGONIA;

EID: 17644407063     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2005.01319.x     Document Type: Article

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