Molybdenum and phosphorus interact to constrain asymbiotic nitrogen fixation in tropical forests

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Wurzburger, Nina ^a,b,c   Bellenger, Jean Philippe ^a,d   Kraepiel, Anne M L ^a   Hedin, Lars O ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLYBDENUM; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; LANDSCAPE; NITROGEN FIXATION; PANAMA; SOIL FERTILITY; SURFACE SOIL; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; SOIL; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

MOLYBDENUM; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGENASE; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84858650033     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033710     Document Type: Article

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