Tree age and soil phosphorus conditions influence N2-fixation rates and soil N dynamics in natural populations of Acacia senegal

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 582-588

  Isaac, Marney E ^a,b   Harmand, Jean Michel ^a   Lesueur, Didier ^a,c   Lelon, Joseph ^d  

^a UMR ECO SOLS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Institute of CIAT   (Kenya)

^d KENYA FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

15N natural abundance; Acacia senegal; Chronosequence; Kenya; N2 fixation; Phosphorus gradients

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSEQUENCES; KENYA; N2-FIXATION; NATURAL ABUNDANCE; SENEGAL;

FORESTRY; LAKES; MINERALOGY; PHOSPHORUS;

SOILS;

ABUNDANCE; ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AGE STRUCTURE; AGROFORESTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHRONOSEQUENCE; CLIMATIC REGION; FLUX MEASUREMENT; JUVENILE; LEGUME; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MATURATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; ONTOGENY; PHOSPHORUS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESEARCH WORK; SAPLING; SOIL CARBON; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL TYPE;

ACACIA SENEGAL; AGE; BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; FERTILITY; FOLIAR ANALYSIS; KENYA; PHOSPHORUS; SAPLINGS; SOIL;

BARINGO; KENYA; RIFT VALLEY;

ACACIA; ACACIA SENEGAL; BALANITES; BALANITES AEGYPTIACA;

EID: 78651234215     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.11.011     Document Type: Article

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