Variation in moss-associated nitrogen fixation in boreal forest stands

Oecologia

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 353-359

  Markham, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Associative nitrogen fixation; Pleurozium schreberi; Sphagnum capillifolium

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

BIOGENIC MATERIAL; BOREAL FOREST; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; FOREST CANOPY; GROWING SEASON; MOSS; NITROGEN FIXATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYNERGISM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METABOLISM; MOSS; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; TREE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRYOPHYTA; MANITOBA; NITROGEN; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; TREES;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

BRYOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; PLEUROZIUM SCHREBERI; SPHAGNUM; SPHAGNUM CAPILLIFOLIUM;

EID: 70349157934     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1391-0     Document Type: Article

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