Rapid nitrogen fixation by canopy microbiome in tropical forest determined by both phosphorus and molybdenum

• Published in: Ecology (Durham) Vol. 100; no. 9; p. e02795
• Main Authors: Stanton, Daniel E, Batterman, Sarah A, Von Fischer, Joseph C, Hedin, Lars O
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.09.2019
• Subjects: Ecosystem; Forests; Microbiota; Molybdenum; Nitrogen; Nitrogen Fixation; Phosphorus; Soil; Trees; Tropical Climate; cyanobacteria; tropical forest canopy; phyllosphere; biological nitrogen fixation; phosphorus limitation; biogeochemistry; molybdenum limitation

Biological nitrogen fixation is critical for the nitrogen cycle of tropical forests, yet we know little about the factors that control the microbial nitrogen fixers that colonize the microbiome of leaves and branches that make up a forest canopy. Forest canopies are especially prone to nutrient limi...