Nitrogen-fixing legume tree species for the reclamation of severely degraded lands in Brazil

Tree Physiology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 139-149

  Chaer, Guilherme Montandon ^a   Resende, Alexander Silva ^a   Campello, Eduardo Francia Carneiro ^a   De Faria, Sergio Miana ^a   Boddey, Robert Michael ^a   Schmidt, Susanne ^a  

^a EMBRAPA AGROBIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Biological nitrogen fixation; Natural succession; Recovery of gullies; Revegetation of mining areas; Rhizobia

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; BIODIVERSITY; CONSTRUCTION METHOD; FUNGUS; GULLY EROSION; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND RECLAMATION; LEGUME; MINING; NITROGEN FIXATION; RECOLONIZATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SYMBIOSIS;

BRAZIL; CHEMISTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LEGUME; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MINING; MYCORRHIZA; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RHIZOBIUM; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; SYMBIOSIS; TREE;

BRAZIL; FABACEAE; MINING; MYCORRHIZAE; NITROGEN FIXATION; RHIZOBIUM; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SYMBIOSIS; TREES;

BRAZIL;

ARBUSCULAR; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; RHIZOBIACEAE;

EID: 79953812847     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpq116     Document Type: Review

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