Influence of mycorrhizal associations on foliar δ15N values of legume and non-legume shrubs and trees in the fynbos of South Africa: Implications for estimating N2 fixation using the 15N natural abundance method

Plant and Soil

Volumn 255, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 495-502

  Spriggs, Amy C ^a   Stock, William D ^a   Dakora, Felix D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

15N natural abundance; Ericoid and arbuscular mycorrhiza; Fynbos; Isotope fractionation; N2 fixation; N2 fixing shrubs and trees; Reference plants

Indexed keywords

FRACTIONATION; FYNBOS; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LEGUME; MYCORRHIZA; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAE; CYCLOPIA; FUNGI; MYCORRHIZAE;

EID: 0242676127     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026044831178     Document Type: Article

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