Does global stoichiometric theory apply to bryophytes? Tests across an elevation × soil age ecosystem matrix on Mauna Loa, Hawaii

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 122-134

  Waite, Mashuri ^a   Sack, Lawren ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bryophytes; Ecophysiology; Ecosystem; Hawaii; Irradiance; Latitudinal gradient; Moss; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Stoichiometry

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COLD TOLERANCE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IRRADIANCE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MORPHOLOGY; MOSS; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL NUTRIENT; STOICHIOMETRY;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MAUNA LOA; UNITED STATES;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 78650376305     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2010.01746.x     Document Type: Article

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