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Science 27 November 1981:
Vol. 214. no. 4524, pp. 1023 - 1024
DOI: 10.1126/science.214.4524.1023
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Canopy Roots: Convergent Evolution in Rainforest Nutrient Cycles

NALINI M. NADKARNI 1

1 College of Forest Resources, University of Washington, Seattle 98195

Accumulations of living and dead epiphytes in the canopy of rainforest trees provide an aboveground nutrient resource. A wide range of host tree species in both temperate and tropical rainforests gain access to these nutrients by putting forth extensive networks of adventitious roots beneath the epiphyte mats they support.

Submitted on February 20, 1981
Revised on April 18, 1981


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