Increased soil nitrogen associated with dinitrogen-fixing, terricolous lichens of the genus Peltigera in northern Minnesota

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Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-48

  Knowles, Rebecca D ^a,b   Pastor, John ^c   Biesboer, David D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIELD METHOD; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; LABORATORY METHOD; LICHEN; MINERALIZATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TOPOGRAPHY;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PELTIGERA;

EID: 33746934166     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2006.0030-1299.14382.x     Document Type: Article

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