Carbon and nitrogen parasitism by a xylem-tapping mistletoe (Tapinanthus oleifolius) along the Kalahari Transect: A stable isotope study

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 540-546

  Wang, Lixin ^a   Kgope, Barney ^b   D'Odorico, Paolo ^a   Macko, Stephen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Carbon 13; Kalahari transect; Mistletoe; Nitrogen 15; Parasitism; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; HOST PLANT; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PARASITISM; RAINFALL; SHRUB; STABLE ISOTOPE; XYLEM;

AFRICA; KALAHARI DESERT; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

TAPINANTHUS OLEIFOLIUS; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 57449106865     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2007.00895.x     Document Type: Article

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