Nitrogen fluxes from treefrogs to tank epiphytic bromeliads: An isotopic and physiological approach

Oecologia

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 941-949

  Romero, Gustavo Q ^a   Nomura, Fausto ^b   Gonçalves, Ana Z ^c   Dias, Natacha Y N ^a   Mercier, Helenice ^d   Conforto, Elenice de C ^a   Rossa Feres, Denise de C ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bromeliad frog interactions; Digestive mutualism; Nutrient provisioning; Scinax hayii; Tillandsioideae

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; NITROGEN; RAIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

EPIPHYTE; FROG; HOST PLANT; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MONOCOTYLEDON; MUTUALISM; NEOTROPICAL REGION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRITION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SHELTER; TERMITE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BROMELIACEAE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; FECES; FROG; ISOPTERA; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SEASON;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; BROMELIACEAE; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOSYSTEM; FECES; ISOPTERA; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; RAIN; RANIDAE; SEASONS;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BROMELIACEAE; HEXAPODA; HYLA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPTERA; SCINAX; VERTEBRATA; VRIESEA BITUMINOSA;

EID: 77949772246     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1533-4     Document Type: Article

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