Nitrogen fixation strategies can explain the latitudinal shift in nitrogen-fixing tree abundance

Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2236-2245

  Menge, Duncan N L ^a   Lichstein, Jeremy W ^b   Ángeles Pérez, Gregorio ^c  

^a Department of Ecology Evolution and Environmental Biology Columbia University Schermerhorn Extension ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Postgrado Forestal Colegio de Postgraduados ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

Actinorhizal N fixation; Facultative N fixation; Global pattern; Legume; Obligate N fixation; Regulation; Rhizobial N fixation; Strategy; Succession; Symbiotic nitrogen fixation

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL; TREE;

DEMOGRAPHY; MYCORRHIZAE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; SOIL; TREES;

EID: 84905653132     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-2124.1     Document Type: Article

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