Tree species control rates of free-living nitrogen fixation in a tropical rain forest

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2924-2934

  Reed, Sasha C ^a   Cleveland, Cory C ^b   Townsend, Alan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Costa rica; Ecosystem function; Free living; Nitrogen fixation; Phosphorus; Tree species; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; NITROGEN FIXATION; RAINFOREST; SOIL PROFILE; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TROPICAL FOREST;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COSTA RICA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANT LEAF; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

BIODIVERSITY; COSTA RICA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT LEAVES; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 58149341716     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-1430.1     Document Type: Article

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