Biological soil crusts affect small-scale spatial patterns of inorganic N in a semiarid Mediterranean grassland

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 91, Issue , 2013, Pages 147-150

  Delgado Baquerizo, M ^a   Covelo, F ^a   Maestre, F T ^b   Gallardo, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Geostatistics; Ionic exchange membrane; Nitrate; Retama sphaerocarpa; Stipa tenassicima

Indexed keywords

FORAGING EFFICIENCY; GEOSTATISTICS; GRASSLAND; HOMOGENEITY; INORGANIC NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PERENNIAL PLANT; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CRUST; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

SPAIN;

RETAMA SPHAEROCARPA; STIPA;

EID: 84873619704     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2013.01.005     Document Type: Article

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