Regional constraints to biological nitrogen fixation in post-fire forest communities

Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 739-750

  Yelenik, Stephanie ^a,c,d   Perakis, Steven ^b   Hibbs, David ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d not available   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological nitrogen fixation; Climate gradient; Klamath National Forest; P fertilization; Plant competition; Soil nitrogen

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FIRE HISTORY; FOREST FIRE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SHRUB; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NITROGEN; SUCCESSION; WILDFIRE;

CALIFORNIA; KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876135633     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-0278.1     Document Type: Article

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