Plant phenology, growth and nutritive quality of Briza maxima: Responses induced by enhanced ozone atmospheric levels and nitrogen enrichment

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 423-430

  Sanz, J ^a   Bermejo, V ^a   Muntifering, R ^b   Gonzalez Fernandez I ^a   Gimeno, B S ^a   Elvira, S ^a   Alonso, R ^a  

^a CIEMAT   (Spain)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dehesa annual grasslands; Nitrogen; Nutritive quality; Ozone; Yield

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL GRASSLAND; ATMOSPHERIC LEVELS; FIBER CONCENTRATION; HERBACEOUS VEGETATION; LIGNIN CONCENTRATION; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; NITROGEN ENRICHMENT; NUTRITIVE QUALITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; PLANT BIOMASS PRODUCTION; PLANT LIFE; PLANT PHENOLOGY; TROPOSPHERIC OZONE; YIELD;

BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; NITROGEN; OZONE; VEGETATION;

AIR POLLUTION;

LIGNIN; NITROGEN; OZONE;

ANGIOSPERM; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRASSLAND; GROWTH RESPONSE; NITROGEN; NUTRITIVE VALUE; OZONE; PHENOLOGY; POLLUTION EFFECT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; BRIZA MAXIMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRASS; LEAF SENESCENCE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHENOLOGY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT AGE; PLANT DAMAGE; PLANT ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LIFE CYCLE STAGE; PLANT NUTRITION; VEGETATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; NUTRITIVE VALUE; OZONE; PLANT LEAVES; POACEAE;

BRIZA MAXIMA;

EID: 78650516727     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.10.026     Document Type: Article

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