Patterns of biological nitrogen fixation during 60 000 years of forest development on volcanic soils from south-central Chile

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 189-200

  Pérez, Cecilia A ^a   Thomas, Frank M ^b   Silva, Wladimir A ^a   Segura, Bernardo ^c   Gallardo, Belen ^d   Armesto, Juan J ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD IEB   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^d PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chile; Denitrification; Ecosystem development; Llaima volcano; Primary succession; Southern temperate forests

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904514073     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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