Symbiotic N2 fixation of Alnus incana ssp. rugosa in shrub wetlands of the Adirondack Mountains, New York, USA

Oecologia

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 94-103

  Hurd, T M ^a,c   Raynal, D J ^a   Schwintzer, C R ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinorhizal plants; Adirondack Mountains; Alnus; Nitrogen fixation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; NITROGEN FIXATION; SHRUB; WETLAND;

UNITED STATES;

ALNUS; ALNUS INCANA; BETULACEAE;

EID: 0035041361     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420000500     Document Type: Article

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