Nitrogen fixation of epiphytic plants enwrapping trees in Ailao Mountain cloud forests, Yunnan, China

Protoplasma

Volumn 247, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 103-110

  Han, Bin ^a,b   Zou, Xiaoming ^a   Kong, Jijun ^c   Sha, Liqing ^a   Gong, Hede ^a,b   Yu, Zhen ^d   Cao, Tong ^e  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Yunnan Academy of Forestry   (China)

^d KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^e SHANGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ailao Mountain; China; Epiphytic plants; Nitrogen fixation; Subtropical forest

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; MOSS; NITROGEN FIXATION; SEASON; TREE;

ALTITUDE; BRYOPHYTA; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN FIXATION; SEASONS; TREES;

EID: 78651376190     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00709-010-0150-8     Document Type: Article

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