Rapid N2 fixation in pines? Results of a Maine field study

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1453-1457

  Barkmann, Jan ^a,b   Schwintzer, Christa R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetylene reduction; Associative dinitrogen fixation; Dinitrogen fixation, seasonal pattern; Maine (USA) pine stands; Nitrogenase activity; Pine, nitrogen budgets; Pinus resinosa; Pinus rigida; Pinus strobus; Rhizosphere dinitrogen fixation

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; NITROGEN FIXATION; RHIZOSPHERE;

MAINE; UNITED STATES;

PINUS CARIBAEA; PINUS RESINOSA; PINUS RIGIDA; PINUS STROBUS;

EID: 0031871059     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[1453:RNFIPR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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