Constraints to nitrogen fixation by cryptogamic crusts in a polar desert ecosystem, Devon Island, N.W.T., Canada

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 40-45

  Dickson, Leal G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESERT; MOSS; NITROGEN FIXATION; POLAR REGION; SOIL CRUST; VASCULAR PLANT;

CANADA; DEVON ISLAND; NUNAVUT;

BRYOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0034080641     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1552408     Document Type: Article

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