Limitations of the 15N natural abundance method for estimating biological nitrogen fixation in Amazonian forest legumes

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 567-580

  Gehring, Christoph ^a   Vlek, Paul L G ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

15N dilution; B value; BNF; Isotope composition; Plant pairing; Plant soil interaction; Reference plant; Secondary succession; Slash and burn; Spatial ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 11144227413     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2004.09.005     Document Type: Article

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