Soil and plant changing after invasion: The case of Acacia dealbata in a Mediterranean ecosystem

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 497-498, Issue , 2014, Pages 491-498

  Lazzaro, Lorenzo ^a   Giuliani, Claudia ^a   Fabiani, Arturo ^b   Agnelli, Alessandro Elio ^b   Pastorelli, Roberta ^b   Lagomarsino, Alessandra ^b   Benesperi, Renato ^a   Calamassi, Roberto ^a   Foggi, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ecosystem impacts; Invasion; Soil chemistry; Soil microbiota; Understory plants

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; MICROORGANISMS; VEGETATION;

INVASION; MEDITERRANEAN ECOSYSTEM; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL MICROBIOTA; SPECIES RICHNESS AND DIVERSITIES; UNDERSTORY PLANT COMMUNITIES; UNDERSTORY PLANTS;

SOILS;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITROGEN; SOIL;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL CHEMISTRY; UNDERSTORY;

ACACIA DEALBATA; ARTICLE; FABACEAE; ITALY; NONHUMAN; PLANT COMMUNITY; SCRUB; SOIL ACIDITY; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL PROPERTY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES INVASION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; ACACIA; AFRICA; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ITALY;

ACACIA DEALBATA;

ACACIA; AFRICA; INTRODUCED SPECIES; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84906674510     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.08.014     Document Type: Article

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