Key role of symbiotic dinitrogen fixation in tropical forest secondary succession

Nature

Volumn 502, Issue 7470, 2013, Pages 224-227

  Batterman, Sarah A ^a   Hedin, Lars O ^a   Van Breugel, Michiel ^b   Ransijn, Johannes ^c,d   Craven, Dylan J ^e,f   Hall, Jefferson S ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^f GERMAN CENTRE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH IDIV HALLE JENA LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

BIOMASS; CARBON SINK; CHRONOSEQUENCE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; LAND USE; NITROGEN FIXATION; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; TROPICAL FOREST;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CHRONOSEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; LAND USE; NITROGEN CYCLING; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUNLIGHT; SYMBIOSIS; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; VEGETATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN FIXATION; PANAMA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84885592762     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature12525     Document Type: Article

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