Ecosystem controls on nitrogen fixation in boreal feather moss communities

Oecologia

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 121-130

  DeLuca, Thomas H ^a,b   Zackrisson, Olle ^b   Gentili, Francesco ^c   Sellstedt, Anita ^c   Nilsson, Marie Charlotte ^b  

^a Wilderness Society Washington DC   (United States)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Nitrogen fixation; Pleurozium schreberi; Reciprocal transplant

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

BOREAL FOREST; CYANOBACTERIUM; MOSS; NITROGEN FIXATION; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; TRANSPLANTATION;

ARTICLE; BRYOPSIDA; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SWEDEN;

BRYOPSIDA; CYANOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; SWEDEN;

BRYOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; PLEUROZIUM SCHREBERI;

EID: 34247336792     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0626-6     Document Type: Article

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