The impact of bird's nest ferns on stemflow nutrient concentration in a primary rain forest, Sabah, Malaysia

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 721-724

  Turner, Edgar C ^a   Snaddon, Jake L ^a   Johnson, Henry R ^a   Foster, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asplenium; Bird's nest fern; Danum Valley; Epiphytes; Nutrients; Stemflow; Throughfall

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FERN; FOREST; NEST; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; STEMFLOW; THROUGHFALL;

ASIA; EAST MALAYSIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SABAH; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ASPLENIUM; ASPLENIUM NIDUS; AVES; FILICOPHYTA;

EID: 35648984562     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S026646740700452X     Document Type: Article

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