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Key role of symbiotic dinitrogen fixation in tropical forest secondary succession

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  • Sarah A. Batterman

    (Princeton University)

  • Lars O. Hedin

    (Princeton University)

  • Michiel van Breugel

    (Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Ancón, Panamá, Panama)

  • Johannes Ransijn

    (Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Centre for Ecosystem Studies, Wageningen University, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
    University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 23, DK-1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark)

  • Dylan J. Craven

    (School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University
    Present address: German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.)

  • Jefferson S. Hall

    (Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Ancón, Panamá, Panama)

Abstract

In tropical moist forests, nitrogen-fixing tree species can supply a large proportion of the nitrogen required for net forest growth in the first 12 years of recovery after human or natural perturbation, with nitrogen-fixing trees accumulating carbon up to nine times faster per individual than non-fixing trees, and species-specific differences in the amount and timing of fixation.

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  • Sarah A. Batterman & Lars O. Hedin & Michiel van Breugel & Johannes Ransijn & Dylan J. Craven & Jefferson S. Hall, 2013. "Key role of symbiotic dinitrogen fixation in tropical forest secondary succession," Nature, Nature, vol. 502(7470), pages 224-227, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:502:y:2013:i:7470:d:10.1038_nature12525
    DOI: 10.1038/nature12525
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    1. Elżbieta Radzka & Katarzyna Rymuza & Andrzej Wysokiński, 2022. "Weather Conditions and Biostimulants Influence Nitrogen Acquisition from Different Sources by Soybean Plants," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 13(1), pages 1-17, December.

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