Suitability and use of the 15N-isotope dilution method to estimate nitrogen fixation by actinorhizal shrubs

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 136, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 85-95

  Busse, Matt D ^a  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceanothus velutinus; Isotope dilution; Ponderosa pine; Purshia tridentata; Reference species; Symbiotic effectiveness

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SHRUB;

UNITED STATES;

ARCTOSTAPHYLOS PATULA; CAREX ROSSII; CEANOTHUS VELUTINUS; PURSHIA TRIDENTATA; RIBES CEREUM;

EID: 0034308291     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00264-9     Document Type: Article

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