Estimation of symbiotic N2 fixation in an Amazon floodplain forest

Oecologia

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 359-368

  Kreibich, Heidi ^a,d   Kern, Jürgen ^a   De Camargo, Plínio B ^b   Moreira, Marcelo Z ^b   Victória, Reynaldo L ^b   Werner, Dietrich ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING AND BIOECONOMY ATB   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^d GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

15N; Inundation forest; Legume trees; Natural abundance; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

FLOODPLAIN FOREST; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

BRAZIL; MARAJO VARZEA; PARA [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

NEPTUNIA OLERACEA; TERAMNUS VOLUBILIS;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DISASTER; ECOSYSTEM; LEGUME; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SYMBIOSIS; TREE;

BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; FABACEAE; NATURAL DISASTERS; NITROGEN FIXATION; SEASONS; SYMBIOSIS; TREES;

EID: 32444448105     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0291-1     Document Type: Article

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