Side-effects of plant domestication: Ecosystem impacts of changes in litter quality

New Phytologist

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 504-513

  García Palacios, Pablo ^a,c   Milla, Rubén ^a   Delgado Baquerizo, Manuel ^b   Martín Robles, Nieves ^a   Álvaro Sánchez, Mónica ^a   Wall, Diana H ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Agro ecosystems; Artificial selection; Litter decomposition; Litter quality; Nitrogen (N) cycling; Plant domestication

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOINDICATOR; DOMESTICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; LITTER; NITRATE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PREDICTION; SELECTION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; CROP; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURE; CARBON; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; PLANT LEAVES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84875484529     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12127     Document Type: Article

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