Biomass allocation and nitrogenase activity in Alnus tenuifolia: Responses to successional soil type and phosphorus availability

Ecoscience

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 73-79

  Uliassi, Daniel D ^a   Huss Danell, Kerstin ^b   Ruess, Roger W ^a   Doran, Kathleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alaska; Alder; Nitrogen fixation; Phosphorus; Poplar; Succession

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL TYPE;

ALASKA; TANANA RIVER VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

ALNUS TENUIFOLIA;

EID: 0034072904     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2000.11682574     Document Type: Article

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