Response of epiphytic bryophytes to simulated N deposition in a subtropical montane cloud forest in southwestern China

Oecologia

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 847-856

  Song, Liang ^a,b   Liu, Wen Yao ^a,c   Ma, Wen Zhang ^d   Qi, Jin Hua ^e  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^e National Forest Ecosystem Research Station at Ailaoshan   (China)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Cover; Epiphyte; Pollution; Recovery

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIODEGRADATION; BIODIVERSITY; BRYOPHYTE; CLOUD FOREST; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIPHYTE; MONTANE FOREST; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PIGMENT; POLLUTION EFFECT; SPECIES RICHNESS; STATE ROLE; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

CHINA;

BAZZANIA; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; HOMALIODENDRON;

EID: 84867507388     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2341-9     Document Type: Article

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