Bottom-up rather than top-down processes regulate the abundance and activity of nitrogen fixing plants in two Connecticut old-field ecosystems

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 309-321

  Finzi, Adrien C ^a   Rodgers, Vikki L ^a,b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b BABSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; N cycle; Nitrogen fixation; Oldfield; Temperate

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HERBIVORY; MUTUALISM; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; OLD FIELD; PHOSPHORUS; SUCCESSION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

CONNECTICUT; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 76149130977     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-009-9338-4     Document Type: Article

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