Nitrogen fixation in different biogeochemical niches along a 120 000-year chronosequence in New Zealand.

@article{Menge2009NitrogenFI,
  title={Nitrogen fixation in different biogeochemical niches along a 120 000-year chronosequence in New Zealand.},
  author={Duncan N. L. Menge and Lars O. Hedin},
  journal={Ecology},
  year={2009},
  volume={90 8},
  pages={
          2190-201
        }
}
Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) is the major nitrogen (N) input in many terrestrial ecosystems, yet we know little about the mechanisms and feedbacks that control this process in natural ecosystems. We here examine BNF in four taxonomically and ecologically different groups over the course of forest ecosystem development. At nine sites along the Franz Josef soil chronosequence (South Westland, New Zealand) that range in age from 7 to 120000 yr old, we quantified BNF from the symbiotic plant… 
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