Highly efficient uptake of phosphorus in epiphytic bromeliads

Annals of Botany

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 477-484

  Winkler, Uwe ^a   Zotz, Gerhard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Aechmea fasciata; Epiphytic bromeliads; Forest canopies; Luxury consumption; Phosphorus uptake; Phytotelms; Plant nutrition

Indexed keywords

CARBONYL CYANIDE CHLOROPHENYLHYDRAZONE; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADAPTATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; EPIPHYTE; FOREST CANOPY; METABOLISM; METABOLITE; MONOCOTYLEDON; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; NUTRIENT USE; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; REACTION KINETICS; TROPICAL FOREST;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BROMELIACEAE; DRUG EFFECT; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BROMELIACEAE; CARBONYL CYANIDE M-CHLOROPHENYL HYDRAZONE; KINETICS; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; TIME FACTORS;

AECHMEA FASCIATA;

EID: 58849121774     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcn231     Document Type: Article

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