Quantifying nitrogen-fixation in feather moss carpets of boreal forests

Nature

Volumn 419, Issue 6910, 2002, Pages 917-920

  DeLuca, Thomas H ^a,b   Zackrisson, Olle ^b   Nilsson, Marie Charlotte ^b   Sellstedt, Anita ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANTS (BOTANY);

SYMBIOSIS;

FORESTRY;

NITROGEN;

BOREAL FOREST; CYANOBACTERIUM; MOSS; NITROGEN FIXATION; SYMBIOSIS;

ARTICLE; MOSS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMBIOSIS; TAIGA;

ACETYLENE; BRYOPSIDA; CYANOBACTERIA; FINLAND; KINETICS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NORWAY; PLANT LEAVES; SWEDEN; SYMBIOSIS; TREES;

AVES; BETULACEAE; BRYOPHYTA; NOSTOC; NOSTOC SP.; PLEUROZIUM SCHREBERI;

EID: 0037206899     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01051     Document Type: Article

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