Key role of symbiotic dinitrogen fixation in tropical forest secondary succession

Sarah A. Batterman (), Lars O. Hedin, Michiel van Breugel, Johannes Ransijn, Dylan J. Craven and Jefferson S. Hall
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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
Dylan J. Craven: School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University
Jefferson S. Hall: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Ancón, Panamá, Panama

Nature, 2013, vol. 502, issue 7470, 224-227

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.

Date: 2013
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