Estimates of biological nitrogen fixation by Pterocarpus lucens in a semi arid natural forest park in Senegal using 15N natural abundance method

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 37-48

  Sylla, S N ^a   Ndoye, I ^a   Gueye, M ^b   Ba, A T ^a   Dreyfus, B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

^b Institut Senegalais de Recherches AgrEcoles Dakar   (Senegal)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SYMBIOSES TROPICALES ET MÉDITERRANÉENNES   (France)

Author keywords

15N natural abundance; Biological nitrogen fixation; Natural ecosystem; Pterocarpus lucens; Semi arid lowland

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; NITROGEN 15;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST; METHODOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PTEROCARPUS; SANDY SOIL; SEMIARID CLIMATE; SENEGAL; SIDEROSIS; SOIL; TREE;

PTEROCARPUS;

EID: 3242708422     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/ajb2002.000-009     Document Type: Article

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