Nitrogen fixation in soils and canals of rehabilitated raised-fields of the Bolivian altiplano

Biotropica

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 255-267

  Biesboer, David D ^a   Binford, Michael W ^b   Kolata, Alan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylene reduction; Altiplano; Azolla; Bolivia; Nitrogen fixation; Raised fields; Tiwanaku; Totora

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CANAL; NITROGEN FIXATION; SOIL NUTRIENT; WATER CHEMISTRY;

BOLIVIA;

AZOLLA; AZOLLA FILICULOIDES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHENOPODIUM QUINOA; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; MYCORRHIZAE; RHIZOBIACEAE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TYPHA DOMINGENSIS;

EID: 0033506170     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.1999.tb00137.x     Document Type: Article

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