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Stoichiometry of ferns in Hawaii: implications for nutrient cycling.
Oecologia - 1 Oct 2008
Amatangelo Kathryn L, Vitousek Peter M
Abstract excerpt
We asked if element concentrations in ferns differ systematically from those in woody dicots in ways that could influence ecosystem properties and processes. Phylogenetically, ferns are deeply separated from angiosperms; for our analyses we additionally separated leptosporangiate ferns into polypod ferns, a monophyletic clade of ferns which radiated after the rise of angiosperms, and all other leptosporangiate...
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