Dinitrogen-fixation by three neotropical agroforestry tree species under semi-controlled field conditions

Plant and Soil

Volumn 291, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 199-209

  Leblanc, Humberto A ^a   McGraw, Robert L ^b   Nygren, Pekka ^c  

^a EARTH University   (Costa Rica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

15N dilution method; Erythrina fusca; Erythrina poeppigiana; Humid tropics; Inga edulis

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; BIOMASS; FIELD METHOD; HARVESTING; LEGUME; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEOTROPICAL REGION; NITROGEN FIXATION;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

ERYTHRINA FUSCA; ERYTHRINA POEPPIGIANA; INGA EDULIS; VOCHYSIA GUATEMALENSIS;

EID: 34248394681     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-006-9186-0     Document Type: Article

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