Nitrogen fixation in legumes and actinorhizal plants in natural ecosystems: Values obtained using 15N natural abundance

Plant Ecology and Diversity

Volumn 4, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 131-140

  Andrews, Mitchell ^a   James, Euan K ^b   Sprent, Janet I ^c   Boddey, Robert M ^d   Gross, Eduardo ^e   dos Reis, Fabio Bueno ^f  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d EMBRAPA AGROBIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^e DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^f EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Actinorhizal plants; Legumes; Nitrogen fixation; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856173917     PISSN: 17550874     EISSN: 17551668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17550874.2011.644343     Document Type: Article

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