Current ozone levels threaten gross primary production and yield of Mediterranean annual pastures and nitrogen modulates the response

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 95, Issue , 2014, Pages 197-206

  Calvete Sogo, Héctor ^a,b   Elvira, Susana ^a   Sanz, Javier ^a   González Fernández, Ignacio ^a   García Gómez, Héctor ^a   Sánchez Martín, Laura ^b   Alonso, Rocío ^a   Bermejo Bermejo, Victoria ^a  

^a CIEMAT   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Annual grasslands interactions; Critical levels; Dehesa; Global change; Nitrogen; Tropospheric ozone

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEMS; NITROGEN; OZONE; TROPOSPHERE;

ANNUAL GRASSLAND; CRITICAL LEVEL; DEHESA; GLOBAL CHANGE; TROPOSPHERIC OZONE;

AGRICULTURE;

NITROGEN; OZONE;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON CYCLE; GLOBAL CHANGE; GROWTH RATE; NITROGEN; OZONE; PASTURE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; BRIZA MAXIMA; CANOPY; CLOVER; CYNOSURUS ECHINATUS; DRY WEIGHT; ECOSYSTEM; GAS EXCHANGE; GRASSLAND; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; GROWTH RATE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; ORNITHOPUS COMPRESSUS; PASTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILENE; SILENE GALLICA; SPATIAL SOIL VARIABILITY; TRIFOLIUM CHERLERI; TRIFOLIUM STRIATUM;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SPAIN;

EID: 84902970063     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.05.073     Document Type: Article

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