Linking N-driven biodiversity changes with soil N availability in a Mediterranean ecosystem

Plant and Soil

Volumn 341, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 125-136

  Dias, Teresa ^a   Malveiro, Sónia ^a   Martins Loução, Maria Amélia ^a   Sheppard, Lucy J ^b   Cruz, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity changes; Mediterranean; N limited ecosystems; Plant groups; Soil N availability

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM NITRATE; HERB; INORGANIC NITROGEN; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL NITROGEN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

NORTHERN EUROPE; PORTUGAL; UNITED STATES;

DITTRICHIA VISCOSA;

EID: 79952619726     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-010-0628-3     Document Type: Article

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