Interactive effects of anthropogenic nitrogen enrichment and climate change on terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 114, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 93-120

  Porter, Ellen M ^a   Bowman, William D ^b   Clark, Christopher M ^c   Compton, Jana E ^c   Pardo, Linda H ^d   Soong, Jenny L ^e  

^a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Climate change; Reactive nitrogen

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARID ENVIRONMENT; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; GROWING SEASON; HABITAT LOSS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; NITROGEN; PHENOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SHRUB;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

POACEAE;

EID: 84879238801     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-012-9803-3     Document Type: Article

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