The impact of Pentaclethra macroloba on soil microbial nitrogen fixing communities and nutrients within developing secondary forests in the Northern Zone of Costa Rica

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 207-214

  Eaton, W D ^a   Anderson, C ^b   Saunders, E F ^c   Hauge, J B ^d   Barry, D ^e  

^a KEAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d Peninsula College   (United States)

^e WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon cycling; Frankia; Microbial biomass carbon and nitrogen; Microbial community; Nitrogen cycling; Pentaclethra macroloba; Rhizobium; Secondary forests

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; LEGUME; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SECONDARY FOREST; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL NUTRIENT;

COSTA RICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FRANKIA; PENTACLETHRA MACROLOBA; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 84855898234     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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