Climate change and symbiotic nitrogen fixation in agroecosystems

Agroecosystems in a Changing Climate

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 85-116

  Thomas, Richard B ^a   Van Bloem, Skip J ^b   Schlesinger, William H ^c  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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