Stable coexistence of contrasted nitrification statuses in a wet tropical savanna ecosystem

Functional Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 762-768

  Lata, J C ^a   Durand, J ^a   Lensi, R ^b   Abbadie, L ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b University of Lyon   (France)

Author keywords

Andropogoneae; Hyparrhema diplandra; Lamto; Nitrate reductase activity; Soil nitrogen cycle

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; SAVANNA; VEGETATION;

COTE D'IVOIRE;

EID: 0033452197     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1999.00380.x     Document Type: Article

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