The influence of abiotic factors on biological nitrogen fixation in different types of vegetation in the High Arctic, Svalbard

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 293-299

  Zielke, Matthias ^a   Ekker, Anne Stine ^a   Olsen, Rolf A ^a   Spjelkavik, Sigmund ^a   Solheim, Bjørn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANT COMMUNITY;

NORWAY; SASSEN VALLEY; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

BRYOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 0036696001     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1552487     Document Type: Article

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