Combined effects of precipitation and nitrogen deposition on native and invasive winter annual production in California deserts

Oecologia

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1035-1046

  Rao, Leela E ^a,b   Allen, Edith B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

Bromus; Climate change; Fuel load; Non native; Schismus

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; RAIN; WATER;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; DESERT; EVERGREEN TREE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRASS; INVASIBILITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NITROGEN; WATER AVAILABILITY; WOODLAND;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERT CLIMATE; FERTILIZATION; FIRE; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT; POACEAE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASON; SOIL; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; CALIFORNIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERT CLIMATE; FERTILIZATION; FIRES; GEOGRAPHY; NITROGEN; PLANTS; POACEAE; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; SOIL; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

BROMUS; JUNIPERUS; LARREA TRIDENTATA; POACEAE; SCHISMUS; TILLANDSIA LINEATISPICA;

EID: 77949772181     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1516-5     Document Type: Article

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