Claim · #6492189
Erythrina poeppigiana · facilitation · Coffea arabica
facilitation · effect: beneficial
interactsWith GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“higher rates of N mineralization in Costa Rican coffee plantations shaded by E. poeppigiana”
- Authors
- Buck L.E., Lassoie J.P., Fernandes E.C.M.
- Year
- 1999
- Publication
- CRC Press / Lewis Publishers
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Erythrina poeppigiana is a well-documented N2-fixing legume shade tree in Costa Rican coffee agroforestry; higher N mineralization (148 vs 111 kg N/ha/yr) under shade is biologically consistent with litter inputs and nodule senescence mechanisms cited.”
- soil-scientist · plausible
“E. poeppigiana is a well-documented N2-fixing legume; higher N mineralization under shade (148 vs 111 kg N/ha/yr) is consistent with litter inputs and nodule decomposition literature.”
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