Woody legumes: A (re)view from the South

Tree Physiology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1072-1082

  Adams, Mark A ^a   Simon, Judy ^b   Pfautsch, Sebastian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acacia; drought; nitrogen; old soils; phosphorus; water

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; WATER; SOIL;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; ENERGY MARKET; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LEGUME; NITROGEN FIXATION; OSMOSIS; PHOSPHORUS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REGENERATION; ROOT SYSTEM; TOLERANCE;

ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; LEGUME; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SOIL; FABACEAE;

ECOSYSTEM; FABACEAE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL; WATER;

ACACIA; CAESALPINIOIDEAE; MIMOSOIDEAE;

EID: 77956034150     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpq061     Document Type: Review

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