Microbial activities and foliar uptake of nitrogen in the epiphytic bromeliad Vriesea gigantea

New Phytologist

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 311-320

  Inselsbacher, Erich ^a   Cambui, Camila Aguetoni ^b   Richter, Andreas ^a   Stange, Claus Florian ^c   Mercier, Helenice ^b   Wanek, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

15N uptake; Nitrogen nutrition; Nitrogen transformation; Tank bromeliad; Vascular epiphyte; Vriesea gigantea

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ANGIOSPERM; EPIPHYTE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; RAINFOREST; VASCULAR PLANT;

ARTICLE; BROMELIACEAE; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; TIME;

BROMELIACEAE; KINETICS; NITROGEN; PLANT LEAVES; TIME FACTORS;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

VRIESEA;

EID: 34250882677     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02098.x     Document Type: Article

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