Changes in carbohydrate and nutrient contents throughout a reproductive cycle indicate that phosphorus is a limiting nutrient in the epiphytic bromeliad, Werauhia sanguinolenta

Annals of Botany

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 745-754

  Zotz, Gerhard ^a,b   Richter, Andreas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Barro Colorado Island, Bromeliaceae; Cost of reproduction, nitrogen; Non structural carbohydrates; Nutrient uptake; Phosphorus; Reproductive investment, seeds, Werauhia sanguinolenta

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SULFUR;

CARBOHYDRATE; EPIPHYTE; NUTRIENT; PLANT; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BROMELIACEAE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; METABOLISM; PLANT; REPRODUCTION;

BIOMASS; BROMELIACEAE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; MAGNESIUM; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; POTASSIUM; REPRODUCTION; SULFUR;

BARRO COLORADO ISLAND; CENTRAL AMERICA; GATUN LAKE; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

BROMELIACEAE; WERAUHIA;

EID: 33646228151     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcl026     Document Type: Article

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