Phosphorus fertilization increases the abundance and nitrogenase activity of the cyanolichen Pseudocyphellaria crocata in Hawaiian montane forests

Biotropica

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 400-405

  Benner, Jon W ^a   Conroy, Shannon ^a   Lunch, Claire K ^a   Toyoda, Noriko ^a   Vitousek, Peter M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epiphyte; Lobariaceae; Nitrogen fixation; Tropical montane forest

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIPHYTE; FERTILIZER; LICHEN; MONTANE FOREST; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOSPHORUS;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; KAUAI; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

CYANOBACTERIA; LOBARIACEAE; PSEUDOCYPHELLARIA CROCATA;

EID: 34247342873     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2007.00267.x     Document Type: Article

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