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Nitrogen fixation in association with Ecuadorean bromeliads

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

David Bermudes  and
David H. Benzing
David Bermudes
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Center for Great Lakes Studies, 600 E. Greenfield Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53204
David H. Benzing
Affiliation:
Oberlin College, Department of Biology, Oberlin, Ohio 44074
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Keywords

BromeliaceaebromeliadscyanobacteriadiazotrophyEcuadorgreen algaeNeotropicsphytotelmatasymbiosis
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Short Communication
Information
Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 7 , Issue 4 , November 1991 , pp. 531 - 536
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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