Phylogenetic constraints do not explain the rarity of nitrogen-fixing trees in late-successional temperate forests

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Menge, Duncan N L ^a,b   Denoyer, Jeanne L ^b   Lichstein, Jeremy W ^b  

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

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; BIOME; FOREST; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIOSIS; TREE; UNITED STATES; ECOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYLOGENY; TREES;

EID: 77957770444     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012056     Document Type: Article

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