N2-fixation by native herbaceous legumes in burned pine ecosystems of the southeastern United States

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 113, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 167-177

  Hendricks, Joseph J ^a,b,c   Boring, Lindsay R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b JOSEPH W JONES ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

15N natural abundance; Acetylene reduction assay; Herbaceous legumes; Nodule biomass; Prescribed burning; Symbiotic N2 fixation

Indexed keywords

BURNING; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; NITROGEN FIXATION; POPULATION DENSITY;

DESMODIUM VIRIDIFLORUM; LESPEDEZA HIRTA; LESPEDEZA PROCUMBENS;

EID: 0033601716     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00424-1     Document Type: Article

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