Plant and soil N response of southern Californian semi-arid shrublands after 1 year of experimental N deposition

Ecosystems

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 263-279

  Vourlitis, George L ^a   Pasquini, Sarah ^a   Zorba, Gypsi ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenostoma fasciculatum; Artemisia californica; Biogeochemistry; Chaparral; Coastal sage scrub; Mediterranean type ecosystems; Salvia mellifera

Indexed keywords

CHAPARRAL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRY DEPOSITION; ION EXCHANGE; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUB; SHRUBLAND; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL SURFACE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ADENOSTOMA FASCICULATUM; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA CALIFORNICA; SALVIA; SALVIA MELLIFERA;

EID: 34249060547     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-007-9030-2     Document Type: Article

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