title: Cyanobacterial nitrogen fixation in association with feather mosses: moss as boss?
authors.affiliation: Division of Plant Sciences, University of Dundee at JHI, Dundee, DD2 5DA, UK.
authors.forename: Janet I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Sprent
authors.affiliation: College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, 209 Briggs Hall, CA, 95616, USA.
authors.forename: John C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Meeks
mesh_terms: D019068:Bryopsida / Q000502:physiology*; D009584:Nitrogen; D009586:Nitrogen Fixation; D046937:Nostoc / Q000502:physiology*; D013559:Symbiosis; D014197:Trees
chemical_list: D009584:Nitrogen
keywords: boreal forests; cyanobacteria; feather moss; hormogonia; nitrogen demand; nitrogen fixation
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