Foliar nutrient resorption in two Mojave Desert shrubs exposed to Free-Air CO 2 Enrichment (FACE)

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 78, Issue , 2012, Pages 26-32

  Housman, D C ^a   Killingbeck, K T ^b   Dave Evans, R ^c   Charlet, T N ^a   Smith, S D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambrosia; Elevated CO 2; FACE; Lycium; Mojave Desert; Resorption efficiency; Resorption proficiency

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DESERT; GROWTH RATE; LEAF LITTER; LITTER; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SHRUB; SORPTION; TRACE ELEMENT; WEED;

MOJAVE DESERT; UNITED STATES;

AMBROSIA; AMBROSIA DUMOSA; LYCIUM; LYCIUM PALLIDUM;

EID: 83955161119     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2011.11.007     Document Type: Article

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