Symbiotic dinitrogen fixation by trees: An underestimated resource in agroforestry systems?

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 94, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 123-160

  Nygren, Pekka ^a,e   Fernández, María P ^b   Harmand, Jean Michel ^c   Leblanc, Humberto A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c UMR ECO SOLS   (France)

^d EARTH University   (Costa Rica)

^e Finnish Society of Forest Science   (Finland)

Author keywords

Actinorrhizal trees; Legume trees; Management practices; Nitrogen balance; Rhizobial symbiosis

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; CLADISTICS; CROP YIELD; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; LEAF LITTER; NITROGEN FIXATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYMBIOSIS; TREE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 84870833305     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: 15730867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10705-012-9542-9     Document Type: Review

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