Development of a diverse epiphyte community in response to phosphorus fertilization

Ecology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 628-636

  Benner, Jon W ^a   Vitousek, Peter M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epiphytes; Fertilization; Nitrogen fixation; Phosphorus; Species richness; Tropical montane forest

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; PHOSPHORUS;

ABUNDANCE; EPIPHYTE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LICHEN; MONTANE FOREST; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT COMMUNITY; RAINFOREST; SOIL FERTILITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL FOREST;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LICHENS; MOSS; SOIL; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRYOPHYTA; ECOSYSTEM; FERTILIZERS; HAWAII; LICHENS; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 34249792136     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2007.01054.x     Document Type: Article

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