Field patterns of nodulation in fifteen Aspalathus species and their ecological role in the fynbos vegetation of southern Africa

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 115-125

  Cocks, Martin P ^a   Stock, William D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aspalathus; N2 fixation; Nodulation; Phosphorus; Soil nitrogen; 15N

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; ASPALATHUS;

EID: 0035041608     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1439-1791-00042     Document Type: Article

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