Natural abundance of 15N in two cacao plantations with legume and non-legume shade trees

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 303-315

  Nygren, Pekka ^a   Leblanc, Humberto A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b EARTH University   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

15N fractionation; Gliricidia sepium; Inga edulis; N transfer; N2 fixation; Reference species

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EVERGREEN TREE; HEDGEROW; LEGUME; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PLANTATION;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; GUACIMO; LIMON;

CORDIA; CORDIA ALLIODORA; GLIRICIDIA SEPIUM; HIERONYMA ALCHORNEOIDES; INGA EDULIS; POSOQUERIA LATIFOLIA; ROLLINIA; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 67349242976     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-008-9160-3     Document Type: Article

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