Free-living nitrogen fixation responds to elevated nutrient inputs in tropical montane forest floor and canopy soils of southern Ecuador

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 122, Issue 2-3, 2015, Pages 281-294

  Matson, Amanda L ^a   Corre, Marife D ^a   Burneo, Juan I ^b   Veldkamp, Edzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD TÉCNICA PARTICULAR DE LOJA   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Arboreal soil; Canopy organic matter; N2 fixation; Nutrient addition; Tropical Andes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943589224     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-014-0041-8     Document Type: Article

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