Large canopy exchange fluxes of inorganic and organic nitrogen and preferential retention of nitrogen by epiphytes in a tropical lowland rainforest

Ecosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 367-381

  Hinko Najera Umana, Nina ^a,b   Wanek, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

15N pool dilution; Artificial rainfall; Canopy retention; Leaching; Throughfall

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CANOPY EXCHANGE; EPIPHYTE; FOREST CANOPY; INORGANIC NITROGEN; LEACHING; NITROGEN COMPOUND; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PHYTOMASS; RAINFOREST; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; THROUGHFALL; TRACER;

COSTA RICA;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES;

EID: 77951768154     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-010-9324-7     Document Type: Article

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