Soil fertility and herb facilitation mediated by Retama sphaerocarpa

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 807-814

  Rodriguez Echeverria S ^a,c   Perez Fernandez M A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FACILITATION; HERB; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LEGUME; SOIL FERTILITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; UNDERSTORY;

RETAMA SPHAEROCARPA;

EID: 17944393915     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2003.tb02213.x     Document Type: Article

References (43)

1. Allen, S.E. 1989. Chemical analysis of ecological materials. Blackwell, London, UK.
2. Bertness, M.D. & Callaway, R.M. 1994. Positive interactions in communities. Trends Ecol. Evol. 9: 191-193.
3. Boddey, R.M., Polidoro, J.C., Resende, A.S., Alves, B.J.R. & Urquiaga, S. 2001. Use of the N-15 natural abundance technique for the quantification of the contribution of N-2 fixation to sugar cane and other grasses. Aust. J. Plant Physiol. 28: 889-895.
4. Brooker, R.W. & Callaghan, T.V. 1998. The balance between positive and negative plant interactions and its relationship to environmental gradients: a model. Oikos 81: 196-207.
5. Burke, I.C., Lauenroth, W.K., Vinton, M.A., Hook, P.B., Kelly, R.H., Epstein, H.E., Aguiar, M.R., Robles, M.D., Aguilera, M.O., Murphy, K.L. & Gill, R.A. 1998. Plant-soil interactions in temperate grasslands. Biogeochemistry 42: 121-143.
6. Chambers, J. 2001. Pinus monophylla establishment in an expanding Pinus-Juniperus woodland: Environmental conditions, facilitation and interacting factors. J. Veg. Sci. 12: 27-40.
7. 15N) in forest of north-ern Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Funct. Ecol. 14: 273-280.
8. Cross, A.F. & Schlesinger, W.H. 1999. Plant regulation of soil nutrient distribution in the northern Chihuahuan desert. Plant Ecol. 145: 11-25.
9. Devesa, J.A. 1995. Vegetación y flora de Extremadura. Editorial Universitas, Badajoz, ES.
10. Foster, B.L. & Gross, K.L. 1998. Species richness in a successional grassland: effects of nitrogen enrichment and plant litter. Ecology 79: 2593-2602.
11. Franco-Pizaña, J.G., Fulbright, T.E., Gardiner, D.T. & Tipton, A.R. 1996. Shrub emergence and seedling growth in microenvironments created by Prosopis glandulosa. J. Veg. Sci. 1: 257-264.
12. Gallardo, A. & Schlesinger, W.H. 1992. Carbon and nitrogen limitation of soil microbial biomass in desert ecosystems. Biogeochemistry 18: 1-7.
13. Gutiérrez, J.R., Meserve, P.L., Contreras, L.C., Vásquez, H. & Jaksic, F.M. 1993. Spatial distribution of soil nutrients and ephemeral plants underneath and outside the canopy of Porlieria chilensis shrubs (Zygophyllaceae) in arid coastal Chile. Oecologia 95: 347-352.
14. 15N natural abundance: the present limits to interpretation for uncultivated systems with original data from a Scottish old field. Adv. Ecol. Res. 27: 133-212.
15. Handley, L.L., Austin, A.T., Robinson, D., Scrimgeour, C.M., Raven, J.A., Heaton, T.H.E., Schmidt, S. & Stewart, G.R. 1999. The N-15 natural abundance (δN-15) of ecosystem samples reflects measures of water availability. Aust. J. Plant Physiol. 26: 185-199.
16. Hatch, D.J. & Murray, P.J. 1994. Transfer of N from damaged roots of white clover (Trifolium repens L.) to closely associated roots of intact perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.). Plant Soil 166: 181-185.
17. 15N abundance and foliar analysis. J. Ecol. 83: 217-224.
18. Howard, T.G. & Goldberg, D.E. 2001. Competitive response hierarchies for germination, growth, and survival and their influence on abundance. Ecology 82: 979-990.
19. Joffre, R. & Rambal, S. 1993. How tree cover influences the water balance of Mediterranean rangelands. Ecology 74: 570-598.
20. López-Pintor, A., Espigares, T., Rey-Benayas, J.M. & Gómez-SaI, A. 2000. Effect of simulated parent-created microenvironmental conditions on germination of Retama sphaerocarpa (L.) Boiss seeds. J. Medit. Ecol. 1:219-226.
21. Ludwig, F., de Kroon, H., Prins, H.H.T. & Berendse, F. 2001. Effects of nutrients and shade on tree-grass interactions in an East African savanna. J. Veg. Sci. 12: 579-588.
22. Moro, M.J., Pugnaire, F.I., Haase, P. & Puigdefábregas, J. 1997a. Effect of the canopy of Retama sphaerocarpa on its understorey in a semi-arid environment. Funct. Ecol. 11: 425-431.
23. Moro, M.J., Pugnaire, F.I. & Puigdefábregas, J. 1997b. Mechanism of interaction between Retama sphaerocarpa and its understorey layer in a semi-arid environment. Ecography 20: 175-184.
24. Parkinson, J.A. & Allen, S.E. 1975. A wet oxidation procedure suitable for the determination of nitrogen and mineral nutrients in biological material. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 6: 1-11.
25. 2-fixing abilities of component species. Plant Cell Environ. 16: 365-373.
26. 2 fixation by crop and pasture legumes in south-west Australia. Aust. J. Agric. Res. 45: 133-147.
27. Peterson, B. & Fry, B. 1987. Stable isotopes in ecosystem studies. Annu. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 18: 293-320.
28. Pugnaire, F.I. & Lázaro, R. 2000. Seed bank and understorey species competition in a semi-arid environment: the effect of shrub age and rainfall. Ann. Bot. 86: 807-813.
29. Pugnaire, F.I. & Luque, M.T. 2001. Changes in plant interactions along a gradient of environmental stress. Oikos 93: 42-45.
30. Pugnaire, F.I., Haase, P., Puigdefábregas, J., Cueto, M., Clark, S.C. & Incoll, L.D. 1996. Facilitation and succession under the canopy of a leguminous shrub, Retama sphaerocarpa, in a semi-arid environment in south-east Spain. Oikos 76: 455-464.
31. Shannon, C.E. & Weaver, W. 1949. The mathematical theory of communication. University of Illinois Press, Urbana, IL, US.
32. 15N abundance. Aust. J. Plant Physiol. 13: 699-756.
33. Sokal, R.R. & Rohlf, F.J. 1995. Biometry. The principles and practice of statistics in biological research. Freeman, New York, NY.
34. Tutin, G.T., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D. A. 1968-1980. Flora Europaea. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
35. Valiente-Banuet, A. & Ezcurra, E. 1991. Shade as a cause of the association between the cactus Neobuxbaumia tetetzo and the nurse plant Mimosa luisana in the Tehuacán Valley. J. Ecol. 79: 961-971.
36. Vetaas, O.R. 1992. Micro-site effects of trees and shrubs in dry savannas. J. Veg. Sci. 3: 337-344.
37. 2 fixation to tropical forage legumes and transfer to associated grass. Soil Biol. Biochem. 27: 1193-1200.
38. Vilá, M. & Sardans, J. 1999. Plant competition in Mediterranean-type vegetation. J. Veg. Sci. 10: 201-208.
39. 15N to assess symbiotic fixation by woody plants. In: Rundel, P.W., Ehleringer, J.R. & Nagy, K.A. (eds.) Stable isotopes in ecological research, pp. 345-394. Springer-Verlag, New York, NY.
40. Walkley, A. & Black, T.A. 1934. An examination of the Degtareff method for determining soil organic matter, and a proposed modification of the chromic acid titration method. Soil Sci. 37: 5-15.
41. Werkman, B R. & Callaghan, T.V. 1999. Effects of increased temperature and nitrogen availability on the displacement of Calluna vulgaris by Pteridium aquilinum. J. Veg. Sci. 12: 201-208.
42. Willems, J.H., Peet, R.K. & Bik, L. 1993. Changes in chalk-grassland structure and species richness resulting from selective nutrient additions. J. Veg. Sci. 4: 203-212.
43. Yoneyama, T., Omata, T., Nakata, S. & Yazaki, J. 1991. Fractionation of nitrogen isotopes during the uptake and assimilation of ammonia by plants. Plant Cell Physiol. 32: 1211-1217.