Epiphytes preferentially colonize high-phosphorus host trees in unfertilized Hawaiian montane forests

Bryologist

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 335-345

  Benner, Jon W ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

chlorolichens; cyanolichens; epiphyte; Hawaii; mosses; nitrogen fixation; Phosphorus; tropical montane forest

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES;

EID: 79959568546     PISSN: 00072745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1639/0007-2745-114.2.335     Document Type: Article

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