Facultative versus obligate nitrogen fixation strategies and their ecosystem consequences

American Naturalist

Volumn 174, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 465-477

  Menge, Duncan N L ^a,b   Levin, Simon A ^a   Hedin, Lars O ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary ecology; Model; Nitrogen fixation; Nitrogen limitation

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; OBLIGATE BEHAVIOR; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SYMBIONT; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TROPICAL REGION;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANT; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANTS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 70349433724     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/605377     Document Type: Article

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