Can fog contribute to the nutrition of Chamaecyparis obtusa var. formosana? Uptake of a fog solute tracer into foliage and transport to roots

Tree Physiology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1001-1009

  Lai, I Ling ^a   Schroeder, Walter H ^b   Wu, Jiunn Tzong ^a,c   Kuo Huang, Ling Long ^a   Mohl, Carola ^b   Chou, Chang Hung ^d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

EDXA; ICP MS; Nutrient poor forest; Rubidium

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; EVERGREEN TREE; FOG; FOLIAGE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MONTANE FOREST; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; RUBIDIUM; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TRACER; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

CALLITROPSIS NOOTKATENSIS; CHAMAECYPARIS; CHAMAECYPARIS OBTUSA; CHAMAECYPARIS OBTUSA VAR. FORMOSANA;

EID: 34547584864     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/27.7.1001     Document Type: Article

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