Nitrogen fixation in a Southeastern United States deciduous forest. Todd, R. D. M. & J. B. Waide, R. L. 1978.
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Dinitrogen fixation was quantified in a mixed deciduous forest ecosystem at Coweeta. Rates and annual amounts of nitrogen fixation were measured for several components of a mature oak-hickory forest. Highest rates were observed in the soil (8.53 kg N fixed ha-1 yr-1), followed by woody litter (1.66), bole (1.00), leaf litter (0.63), and phyllosphere (0.22). The total amount of nitrogen fixed was estimated as 12.04 kg N ha-1 yr-1. Generally these fixation rates for a deciduous forest compare favorably with similar measurements in coniferous forests. These results show that the biological fixation of gaseous nitrogen is a major input of nitrogen to deciduous forest ecosystems.
@article{todd_nitrogen_1978,
	title = {Nitrogen fixation in a {Southeastern} {United} {States} deciduous forest.},
	volume = {Environmental role of nitrogen-fixing blue-green algae and asymbiotic bacteria; Proceedings of the seventh international soil zo},
	abstract = {Dinitrogen fixation was quantified in a mixed deciduous forest ecosystem at Coweeta. Rates and annual amounts of nitrogen fixation were measured for several components of a mature oak-hickory forest. Highest rates were observed in the soil (8.53 kg N fixed ha-1 yr-1), followed by woody litter (1.66), bole (1.00), leaf litter (0.63), and phyllosphere (0.22). The total amount of nitrogen fixed was estimated as 12.04 kg N ha-1 yr-1. Generally these fixation rates for a deciduous forest compare favorably with similar measurements in coniferous forests. These results show that the biological fixation of gaseous nitrogen is a major input of nitrogen to deciduous forest ecosystems.},
	author = {Todd, R. D. Meyer, {and} J. B. Waide, R. L.},
	year = {1978},
	keywords = {CWT}
}

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