Seasonal flooding regimes influence survival, nitrogen fixation, and the partitioning of nitrogen and biomass in Alnus incana ssp. rugosa

Plant and Soil

Volumn 254, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 167-177

  Kaelke, C M ^a   Dawson, J O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinorhiza; Alder; Flood tolerance; Nitrogen fixation; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; FLOODING; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; SEASONALITY; SURVIVAL; SYMBIOSIS;

ALNUS; ALNUS INCANA; BETULACEAE;

EID: 0042922728     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024903912325     Document Type: Conference Paper

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