How much nitrogen is fixed by biological symbiosis in tropical dry forests? 1. Trees and shrubs

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 94, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 171-179

  de Souza, Leonardo Queiroz ^a   de Freitas, Ana Dolores Santiago ^b   Sampaio, Everardo Valadares de Sá Barretto ^a   Moura, Patrícia Maia ^a   Menezes, Rômulo Simões Cezar ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Caatinga; N 15, Northeast Brazil; Symbiotically fixed N; Tropical dry forest

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DRY FOREST; LEGUME; NITROGEN FIXATION; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; REGENERATION; SHRUB; SYMBIOSIS; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AMAZONIA;

ANADENANTHERA COLUBRINA; COLUBRINA; MIMOSA; MIMOSA TENUIFLORA; PIPTADENIA;

EID: 84870785423     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: 15730867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10705-012-9531-z     Document Type: Article

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