Impacts of Simulated N Deposition on Plants and Mycorrhizae from Spanish Semiarid Mediterranean Shrublands

Ecosystems

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 838-851

  Ochoa Hueso, Raúl ^a,b   Pérez Corona, M Esther ^c   Manrique, Esteban ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

environmental heterogeneity; experimental fertilization; inoculum; microambient; nutrient P imbalance; soil N toxicity; vascular plants

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; COLONIZATION; CONTAMINATED LAND; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWTH RATE; HETEROGENEITY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MICROHABITAT; MYCORRHIZA; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUB; SHRUBLAND; SOIL NITROGEN; TOXICITY;

SPAIN;

ASTEROLINON LINUM-STELLATUM; KERMES; LIMONIUM; LIMONIUM ECHIOIDES; LINUM; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84880292707     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-013-9655-2     Document Type: Article

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