Impact of simulated changes in rainfall regime and nutrient deposition on the relative dominance and isotopic composition of ruderal plants in anthropogenic grasslands

Plant and Soil

Volumn 352, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 303-319

  García Palacios, Pablo ^a   Querejeta, José I ^b   Maestre, Fernando T ^a   Escudero, Adrián ^a   Valladares, Fernando ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

13C; 18O; Drought; Foliar nutrients; Global change; Nutrient deposition; Roadside grasslands; Ruderal species

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CARBON ISOTOPE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DOMINANCE; DROUGHT; DROUGHT STRESS; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GLOBAL CHANGE; GRASSLAND; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEGUME; MONOCOTYLEDON; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; RAINFALL; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; RUDERAL; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

SPAIN;

BROMUS; BROMUS RUBENS; CARDUUS; MELILOTUS; MELILOTUS OFFICINALIS; POACEAE;

EID: 84857927568     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-0998-1     Document Type: Article

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